Vegetative bud scales persistent; flowers pink.

营养体的芽鳞宿存；花粉红色。

If man is an iron-balance that weigh pains and pleasures, the scales are sadly askew.

假如人是一架称量痛苦和快乐的铁质天平，不幸的是：天平斜了。

Bonny babies who tip the scales at close to nine pounds when they are born run a greater risk of cancer in later life, according to new research.

英国一项最新研究结果表明，婴儿出生时越重，长大后患癌症的危险越大。尤其对于女性，出生时比一般女婴重的人，50岁之前患乳腺癌的危险是其他女

N-SING. 大小;(尤指庞大的)规模,范围,程度. If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big.