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worm

/wurm/US // wɜrm //UK // (wɜːm) //

虫子,蜗牛,蠕虫,蜗杆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
    • : any of numerous small creeping animals with more or less slender, elongated bodies, and without limbs or with very short ones, including individuals of widely differing kinds, as earthworms, tapeworms, insect larvae, and adult forms of some insects.
    • : something resembling or suggesting a worm in appearance, movement, etc.
    • : Informal. a groveling, abject, or contemptible person.
    • : the spiral pipe in which the vapor is condensed in a still.
    • : screw thread.
    • : screw conveyor.
    • : Also called worm screw . a rotating cylinder or shaft, cut with one or more helical threads, that engages with and drives a worm wheel.
    • : something that penetrates, injures, or consumes slowly or insidiously, like a gnawing worm.
    • : worms,Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. any disease or disorder arising from the presence of parasitic worms in the intestines or other tissues; helminthiasis.
    • : Metallurgy. irregularities visible on the surfaces of some metals subject to plastic deformation.
    • : the lytta of a dog or other carnivorous animal.
    • : computer code planted illegally in a software program so as to destroy data in any system that downloads the program, as by reformatting the hard disk.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to move or act like a worm; creep, crawl, or advance slowly or stealthily.
    • : to achieve something by insidious procedure: to worm into another's favor.
    • : Metallurgy. craze.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to move or advance in a devious or stealthy manner: The thief wormed his hand into my coat pocket.
    • : to get by persistent, insidious efforts: to worm a secret out of a person.
    • : to insinuate into another's favor, confidence, etc.: to worm his way into the king's favor.
    • : to free from worms: He wormed the puppies.
    • : Nautical. to wind yarn or the like spirally round so as to fill the spaces between the strands and render the surface smooth.

Phrases

  • worm into
  • worm out of
  • worm turns, the
  • can of worms
  • early bird catches the worm

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inwretch
Forms: wormed, worming
Synonyms
rascal无赖,流氓,小淘气,无赖的人beggar乞丐,乞讨者,乞儿,丐帮blackguard黑卫兵,黑卫士,黑衣人,黑衣卫brute野蛮人,蛮人,蛮横的人,畜生bum乞丐,乞讨者,乞讨,乞食者caitiff凯提夫,凯蒂夫,凯蒂芙dog犬,犬类,犬只,犬犬ingrate忘恩负义,怨恨,忘恩负义的人,忘恩负义者knave骑士,骑士精神,骑士团,骑士团成员liar骗子,说谎者,撒谎者,骗人libertine淫荡的人,放荡不羁,淫荡者,淫乱者lowlife低俗生活,低头族,低级趣味,低级趣味的人miscreant歹徒,恶棍,恶人,违禁品outcast被抛弃的人,弃儿,被抛弃者,被遗弃者pariah贱民,旁观者,旁观者清,弃儿pauper穷光蛋,贫民,穷人,贫民百姓poltroon电气瓶rake耙子,钉耙,耙,钉钯rapscallion饶舌的狮子,饶舌的人,饶舌歌,饶恕renegade叛徒,叛逆者,叛逃者,叛变者reprobate恶人,恶棍,恶习不改,恶人先告状rogue流氓,无赖,无业游民,流氓行为scalawag黄牛党,黄牛,髡贼,黄牛党员scamp流浪汉,流浪者,流氓,流氓行为scapegrace疤痕疙瘩,疤痕,疤痕体质,疤痕皮肤scoundrel恶棍,坏蛋,恶人,大坏蛋scullion鳞片,鳞茎,鳞片人,鳞甲scum人渣,浮渣,败类,渣滓snake蛇,蛇类,蛇形,小蛇vagabond流浪者,无业游民,流浪汉,游民varlet醋溜子,醋栗,醋溜儿,醋酸盐villain小人,恶棍,恶人,小人儿bezonian贝松,贝佐尼,贝宁,贝松人cullion涵义,涵养,涵洞,秆子looser更加宽松,较松的,较宽松的,较宽松pilgarlic皮尔格大蒜,皮尔格拉大蒜,皮尔格拉里,皮尔加里奇ronion伦尼昂,伦尼翁,伦尼恩,伦尼安
as incur
Forms: wormed, worming
Synonyms
rascal无赖,流氓,小淘气,无赖的人beggar乞丐,乞讨者,乞儿,丐帮blackguard黑卫兵,黑卫士,黑衣人,黑衣卫brute野蛮人,蛮人,蛮横的人,畜生bum乞丐,乞讨者,乞讨,乞食者caitiff凯提夫,凯蒂夫,凯蒂芙dog犬,犬类,犬只,犬犬ingrate忘恩负义,怨恨,忘恩负义的人,忘恩负义者knave骑士,骑士精神,骑士团,骑士团成员liar骗子,说谎者,撒谎者,骗人libertine淫荡的人,放荡不羁,淫荡者,淫乱者lowlife低俗生活,低头族,低级趣味,低级趣味的人miscreant歹徒,恶棍,恶人,违禁品outcast被抛弃的人,弃儿,被抛弃者,被遗弃者pariah贱民,旁观者,旁观者清,弃儿pauper穷光蛋,贫民,穷人,贫民百姓poltroon电气瓶rake耙子,钉耙,耙,钉钯rapscallion饶舌的狮子,饶舌的人,饶舌歌,饶恕renegade叛徒,叛逆者,叛逃者,叛变者reprobate恶人,恶棍,恶习不改,恶人先告状rogue流氓,无赖,无业游民,流氓行为scalawag黄牛党,黄牛,髡贼,黄牛党员scamp流浪汉,流浪者,流氓,流氓行为scapegrace疤痕疙瘩,疤痕,疤痕体质,疤痕皮肤scoundrel恶棍,坏蛋,恶人,大坏蛋scullion鳞片,鳞茎,鳞片人,鳞甲scum人渣,浮渣,败类,渣滓snake蛇,蛇类,蛇形,小蛇vagabond流浪者,无业游民,流浪汉,游民varlet醋溜子,醋栗,醋溜儿,醋酸盐villain小人,恶棍,恶人,小人儿bezonian贝松,贝佐尼,贝宁,贝松人cullion涵义,涵养,涵洞,秆子looser更加宽松,较松的,较宽松的,较宽松pilgarlic皮尔格大蒜,皮尔格拉大蒜,皮尔格拉里,皮尔加里奇ronion伦尼昂,伦尼翁,伦尼恩,伦尼安
as insweet-talk
Forms: wormed, worming
as incoax
Forms: wormed, worming

Examples

  • Trucking comes with its own bag of worms, but folks seem to believe that AV trucking has a clearer path to profitability.

  • The challenge here related to the “odd worms out,” which sat out reproductive cycles.

  • For each pair of worms, their number either stayed the same or increased by 50 percent over each 24-hour period.

  • The first time I heard nematode worms can teach us something about human longevity, I balked at the idea.

  • Surprisingly, many of these don’t ever occur in worms and other animals.

  • And the other is what is called a horsehair worm that overtakes the bodies of insects.

  • Who knew, by the way, that The Carter Center has wiped out guinea worm just about everywhere in Africa but South Sudan?

  • So, Grey Worm arms the slaves of Meereen, who outnumber the citizens three-to-one.

  • If you like mammal species from the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue")...

  • It appeared The Worm had turned, even though his ignorance remained wrong side up.

  • Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.

  • It was no worm that Mrs. Robin had found, but Grandfather Mole's hairless tail sticking out of the ground.

  • For Mrs. Robin had an end of a pinkish-white worm in her bill, on which she was tugging as hard as she could.

  • When he was interviewed, fearsome in manner as he was, he sent the worm away packed with ideas and phrases.

  • It also has an enemy, a small worm that forms in its body and gradually eats it up.