worm 英 [wɜ:m]   美 [wɜrm]

worm

worm  英 [wɜ:m] 美 [wɜrm]

n. 虫,蠕虫; 

进行时:worming  过去式:wormed  过去分词:wormed  第三人称单数:worms  名词复数:worms 

birds looking for worms 觅食蠕虫的鸟
The dog has worms. 这条狗体内有寄生虫。

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  • n. 虫,蠕虫;
  • 1. birds looking for worms

    觅食蠕虫的鸟

  • 2. The dog has worms.

    这条狗体内有寄生虫。

  • 3. This apple is full of worms.

    这个苹果生满了虫子。

  • worm (n.) Old English wurm, variant of wyrm "serpent, snake, dragon, reptile," also in later Old English "earthworm," from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German, German wurm, Old Frisian and Dutch worm, Old Norse ormr, Gothic waurms "serpent, worm"), from PIE *wrmi- "worm" (source also of Greek rhomos, Latin vermis "worm," Old Russian vermie "insects," Lithuanian varmas "insect, gnat"), from PIE *wrmi- "worm," from root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend."
  • worm (v.) "to move like a worm," c. 1600, from worm (n.). In figurative senses attested from 1620s, suggesting patient, sinuous progress. Meaning "to free from worms" is from 1620s. Related: Wormed; worming.
worm / wɜːm ; NAmE wɜːrm / noun , verb worm worms wormed worming noun 1 [countable ] a long thin creature with no bones or legs, that lives in soil 蠕虫 birds looking for worms 觅食蠕虫的鸟 see also earthworm , lugworm 2 worms [plural ] long thin creatures that live inside the bodies of humans or animals and can cause illness (人或动物体内的)寄生虫;肠虫 The dog has worms. 这条狗体内有寄生虫。 see also hookworm , tapeworm 3 [countable ] the young form of an insect when it looks like a short worm (昆虫的)幼虫 This apple is full of worms. 这个苹果生满了虫子。 see also glow-worm , silkworm , woodworm 4 [countable ] ( computing ) a computer program that is a type of virus and that spreads across a network by copying itself 蠕虫;蠕虫程序;蠕虫病毒 5 [countable ,  usually singular ] ( informal, disapproving) a person you do not like or respect, especially because they have a weak character and do not behave well towards other people 懦夫;可怜虫 IDIOM the ˌworm will ˈturn ( saying) a person who is normally quiet and does not complain will protest when the situation becomes too hard to bear 老实人被逼急了也要反抗;兔子急了也咬人 more at can 2 n. , early adj. verb 1 ~ your way + adv./prep. to use a twisting and turning movement, especially to move through a narrow or crowded place 蠕动,曲折行进(尤指通过狭窄或拥挤的地方) She wormed her way through the crowd to the reception desk. 她在人群中左拐右绕走到服务枱。 2 wormsth to give an animal medicine that makes wormspass out of its body in the faeces 给(动物)驱肠虫 PHRASAL VERBS ˌworm your way/yourself ˈinto sth ( disapproving) to make sb like you or trust you, in order to gain some advantage for yourself 赢得欢心,骗取信任(以获利) SYN insinuate yourself He managed to worm his way into her life. 他设法骗取信任进入了她的生活。 ˌworm sth ˈout of sb ( informal) to make sb tell you sth, by asking them questions in a clever way for a long period of time (慢慢地)从某人处套出话来;不断套问 We eventually wormed the secret out of her. 我们最后从她口里探听出了秘密。 worm / wɜːm ; NAmE wɜːrm /
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