worm

英 [wɜːm] 美[wɝm]

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近义词creep

n. 虫，蠕虫；蜗杆；螺纹；小人物
vt. 使蠕动；给除虫；使缓慢前进
vi. 慢慢前进；蠕行
n. (Worm)人名；(德、丹、葡)沃尔姆

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中文词源

worm 虫

来自PIE*wrmi,虫，来自PIE*wer,弯，转，扭曲，词源同wring,wriggle.

词态变化

复数: worms;第三人称单数: worms;过去式: wormed;过去分词: wormed;现在分词: worming;

助记提示

1. see wrench.

英文词源

worm: worm: [OE] The ancestral meaning of worm appears to be ‘snake’; its application to smaller limbless creatures is a secondary development. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wurmiz, *wurmaz, which also produced German wurm, Dutch worm, and Danish orm ‘worm’ and Swedish orm ‘snake’. And this in turn went back to Indo-European *wrmi-, *wrmo- (source also of Latin vermis, from which English gets vermilion and vermin), a possible derivative of the base *wer- ‘turn, twist’ (source of English convert, reverse, etc) – in which case the worm would be etymologically the ‘twisting’ or ‘winding’ creature.
=> vermilion, vermin
worm (n.): Old English wurm, variant of wyrm "serpent, snake, dragon, reptile," also in later Old English "earthworm," from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German, German wurm, Old Frisian and Dutch worm, Old Norse ormr, Gothic waurms "serpent, worm"), from PIE *wrmi- "worm" (cognates: Greek rhomos, Latin vermis "worm," Old Russian vermie "insects," Lithuanian varmas "insect, gnat"), probably from root *wer- (3) "turn" (see versus).

The ancient category of these was much more extensive than the modern, scientific, one and included serpents, scorpions, maggots, and the supposed causes of certain diseases. For substitution of -o- for -u-, see come. As an insult meaning "abject, miserable person" it dates from Old English. Worms "any disease arising from the presence of parasitic worms" is from late Old English. Can of worms figurative for "difficult problem" is from 1951, from the literal can of worms a fisherman might bring with him, on the image of something all tangled up.
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.

双语例句

1. The slow-worm is in fact not a snake but a legless lizard.: 蛇蜥其实不是蛇，而是无脚的蜥蜴。

2. It took me weeks to worm the facts out of him.: 我花了几个星期才从他那儿套出事情的真相。

3. I worm all my birds in early spring.: 早春的时候我给我所有的鸟打虫。

4. Running water is never stale and a door - hinge never gets worm - eaten.: 流水不腐,户枢不蠹.

5. The worm inched along.: 那条虫向前蠕动.

英英释意

1. any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

3. a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network;: "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"

4. screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

考试真题

But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process-not simply "millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic".

Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes?

Jennifer Debruyn, a microbiologist at the university of tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene.

Researchers in spain and england recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics.

So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.

The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it.

To confirm that the worms' chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste and applied it to plastic films.

实用场景例句

birds looking for worms: 觅食蠕虫的鸟

The dog has worms.: 这条狗体内有寄生虫。

This apple is full of worms.: 这个苹果生满了虫子。

She wormed her way through the crowd to the reception desk.: 她在人群中左拐右绕走到服务台。

He managed to worm his way into her life.: 他设法骗取信任进入了她的生活。

We eventually wormed the secret out of her.: 我们最后从她口里探听出了秘密。

I worm all my birds in early spring...: 早春的时候我给我所有的鸟打虫。

All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.: 所有的成年狗至少每半年要例行打一次虫。

I had to worm my way out sideways from the bench in a ridiculous, undignified fashion...: 我侧着身子艰难地从长凳上移开，那个样子很可笑，很不雅观。

The kitten wormed its way through the just-open door.: 小猫缩着身子从刚开了一点儿的门中挤过来。

She never misses a chance to worm her way into the public's hearts...: 她从不放过任何博取公众欢心的机会。

Everyone knows people who have wormed their way up on old school connections.: 每个人都认识一些利用老同学关系向上爬的人。

You've opened up a whole new can of worms here I think. We could have a whole debate on student loans and grants...: 我认为你在此引发了一个极为棘手的全新问题，我们可能会就学生贷款和助学金展开一次大辩论。

Drug abuse is a can of worms nobody wants to open at sporting events.: 滥用药物是体育赛事中无人想要触及的棘手问题。

Now the worm turns, and his wife Elizabeth chucks him out and takes a lover herself.: 现在他妻子伊丽莎白被逼急了，把他撵了出去，自己找了个情人。

[ Mike Narrating ] Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.: [ 迈克叙述 ] 虫子和我配合得象以前一样默契我们两好象是克莱德.弗瑞泽和佩尔. 门罗.

The worm wriggled itself out at a small hole.: 蚯蚓蠕动着钻出小洞外.

How did the thieves worm their way in?: 盗贼是怎样钻入的?

As the saying goes the early bird the worm.: 谚语说,早起的鸟有食吃.

For Bluetooth worm propagation, a determining factor is moving velocity of smart phone in mobile environment.: 对于蓝牙环境下智能手机蠕虫病毒的传播, 手机的移动速度是一个重要因素.

The worm inched along.: 那条虫向前蠕动.

The bird pounced on the worm and swallowed it.: 鸟猛地扑向虫子,把它吞了.

The parasitic larva of a trematode worm, having a tail that disappears in the adult stage.: 蝌蚪形的吸虫类寄生幼虫; 成体阶段尾巴消失.

The early bird catches the worm.: [谚]捷足先登.

Dr Worm acknowledges that the figures are conservative.: 医生虫承认身材是保守的.

The bird had a worm in its beak.: 鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫.

I had a queer sensation as if a worm was creeping down my spine.: 我有一种可疑的感觉,好象有个虫子在顺着我的脊梁往下爬似的.

Don't you know the crushed worm will turn ? Why are you so lacking in vigilance?: 你不知道困兽犹斗吗 ?为什么这样麻痹大意?

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