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wormy

/wur-mee/US // ˈwɜr mi //UK // (ˈwɜːmɪ) //

虫蛀,蛀虫,虫子,蠕虫

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    worm·i·er, worm·i·est.

    • : containing a worm or worms; contaminated with worms.
    • : damaged or bored into by worms; worm-eaten.
    • : wormlike; groveling; low.

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Examples

  • The two girls cutting wormy apples at the door were the youngest, and the only ones that were left to her.

  • Cannon swore lustily that they might swallow the wormy-jelly themselves, and asked for some other potage.

  • Fruit butters may be made from good sound fruits or the sound portions of fruits which are wormy or have been bruised.

  • Gather when matured, and when a few of the wormy full-grown ones begin to fall, but while they adhere somewhat firmly to the tree.

  • Born all in the dark wormy earth, cold specks of fire, evil, lights shining in the darkness.