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worm-eaten

/wurm-eet-n/US // ˈwɜrmˌit n //

被虫蛀的,被虫蛀过的,被虫蛀,被虫蛀了

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : eaten into or gnawed by worms.
    • : impaired by time, decayed or antiquated.

Examples

  • But the medical examiner reported that Brinsley had eaten nothing at all.

  • They had hoped the autopsy would show Brinsley had eaten something that would point them in the right direction.

  • It was forbidden to be eaten, and seen as having powers that beat back “demons and sorcerers” as well as “misfortune.”

  • “I happened upon yak butter tea, a traditional high-energy food eaten by Tibetans,” Asprey says.

  • By nightfall, I had showered, eaten some soup that a friend brought me, and I slept in my room for 12 solid hours.

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

  • He silenced her with a gesture, and, leaving a piece of toast half-eaten on his plate, he got up and went into his study.

  • 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.

  • He ate as many as he wanted and then, as he always felt sleepy after he had eaten, he thought he would lie down and have a nap.