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vermiculate

/verb ver-mik-yuh-leyt; adjective ver-mik-yuh-lit, -leyt/US // verb vərˈmɪk yəˌleɪt; adjective vərˈmɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt //

蛭子,蛭,蛭石,细菌性

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ver·mic·u·lat·ed, ver·mic·u·lat·ing.

    • : to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also ver·mic·u·lat·ed [ver-mik-yuh-ley-tid]. /vərˈmɪk yəˌleɪ tɪd/.

    • : worm-eaten, or appearing as if worm-eaten.
    • : vermicular.
    • : sinuous; tortuous; intricate: vermiculate thought processes.

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Examples

  • Some that I caught and examined closely had, as Scott says, "vermiculate marks on the back very plain and distinct."

  • What a breeding nest of vermiculate cares and pains was this human heart of ours!

  • My life seemed only a vermiculate one, a crawling about of half-thoughts-half-feelings through the corpse of a decaying existence.

  • Religion itself in the hearts of the unreal, is a dead thing; what seems life in it, is the vermiculate life of a corpse.

  • Vermiculate: worm-like in form: a marking with wormlike tracings.