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worm

美 [wɜːrm]英 [wɜːm]
  • n.蠕虫;寄生虫;幼虫;肠虫;懦夫
  • vt.蠕动,曲折行进(尤指通过狭窄或拥挤的地方);给(动物)驱肠虫
  • abbr.(= Write-Once Read Multiple ) 【计】一写多读光盘

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

wormworm

noun

1

蠕虫
a long thin creature with no bones or legs, that lives in soil

birds looking for worms

觅食蠕虫的鸟

2

(人或动物体内的)寄生虫;肠虫
long thin creatures that live inside the bodies of humans or animals and can cause illness

The dog has worms.

这条狗体内有寄生虫。

3

(昆虫的)幼虫
the young form of an insect when it looks like a short worm

This apple is full of worms.

这个苹果生满了虫子。

4

蠕虫;蠕虫程序;蠕虫病毒
a computer program that is a type of virus and that spreads across a network by copying itself

5

懦夫;可怜虫
a person you do not like or respect, especially because they have a weak character and do not behave well towards other people

习语

a person who is normally quiet and does not complain will protest when the situation becomes too hard to bear

if you open up a can of worms , you start doing sth that will cause a lot of problems and be very difficult

the person who takes the opportunity to do sth before other people will have an advantage over them

verb

1

蠕动,曲折行进(尤指通过狭窄或拥挤的地方)
to use a twisting and turning movement, especially to move through a narrow or crowded place

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。

2

给(动物)驱肠虫
to give an animal medicine that makes worms pass out of its body in the faeces

3

赢得欢心,骗取信任(以获利)
to make sb like you or trust you, in order to gain some advantage for yourself

He managed to worm his way into her life.

他设法骗取信任进入了她的生活。

4

(慢慢地)从某人处套出话来;不断套问
to make sb tell you sth, by asking them questions in a clever way for a long period of time

We eventually wormed the secret out of her.

我们最后从她口里探听出了秘密。

worm

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 蠕虫
    A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs.

  • 2
    N-PLURAL (动物或人体内的)寄生虫,肠虫
    If animals or people have worms, worms are living in their intestines.

  • 3
    VERB 给(动物)驱寄生虫
    If you worm an animal, you give it medicine in order to kill the worms that are living in its intestines.

    I worm all my birds in early spring...

    早春的时候我给我所有的鸟打虫。

  • 4
    VERB 艰难地移动;蜷缩着身子走
    If you worm your way somewhere, you move there with difficulty, twisting or bending your body or making it narrow.

    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。

  • 5
    VERB (通常为欺骗别人或得到好处)逐渐取得(成功或好感)
    If you say that someone is worming their way to success, or is worming their way into someone else's affection, you disapprove of the way that they are gradually making someone trust them or like them, often in order to deceive them or gain some advantage.

    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。

  • 6
    N-SING 可怜虫;软蛋;卑鄙的家伙
    If you call a person a worm, you are insulting them by saying that they have a very weak or unpleasant character and you have no respect for them.

  • 7
    N-COUNT “蠕虫”病毒
    A worm is a computer program that contains a virus which duplicates itself many times in a network.

  • 8
    PHRASE 极为棘手的问题
    If you say that someone is opening a can of worms, you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something which is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and which might be better left alone.

    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。

  • 9
    PHRASE 蠕虫被踩,也会翻腾;兔子急了也咬人
    If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.

    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。

noun

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
screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
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
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
Synonym: louse insect dirt ball

verb

1
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
The prisoner writhed in discomfort
The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace
Synonym: writhe wrestle wriggle squirm twist

数据来源:WordNet

  1. The glowworm isn 't a worm .

    萤火虫不是蠕虫。

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

    它是由蠕虫自身产生的酶还是由肠道微生物产生的酶?

  3. This apple is full of worms .

    这个苹果生满了虫子。

  4. The worm has a segmented body .

    这条虫子的身体是分节的。

  5. Worms have a lifespan of a few months .

    蠕虫的寿命为几个月。

  6. We eventually wormed the secret out of her .

    我们最后从她口里探听出了秘密。

  7. The dog has worms .

    这条狗体内有寄生虫。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. I worm all my birds in early spring

    早春的时候我给我所有的鸟打虫。

  11. 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。

  12. The worms cannot be seen by the naked eye

    这些虫子用肉眼看不见。

  13. 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。

  14. 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。

  15. 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。

  16. 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。

  17. 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。

  18. The serious buying happens between 6 and 8am , and it is very much the case that the early bird catches the worm .

    大量的购买集中在早晨6点到8点之间,那时的情况真的就是先到先得。

  19. Worms work well as fishing bait .

    小虫子是很好的鱼饵。

  20. This tree has been eaten hollow by worms .

    这棵树被虫子蛀空了。

  21. The worm was crushed under the feet .

    虫被脚踏扁了。

  22. 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?

  23. A child wormed his way out of the crowd .

    一个小孩儿从人群里拱了出去。

  24. My father opened a real can of worms when he took over the ailing company and tried to get it doing business .

    当我父亲接管一家处境困难的公司并试图重振业务时,他确实碰到了棘手的问题。

  25. These peaches are full of worms .

    这些桃子生了很多虫。

  26. Most worms cocoon in winter .

    冬天多数虫子作茧。

  27. He dug up some worms for bait .

    他挖了些虫做鱼饵。

  28. He was a yellow gutless worm .

    他是个胆小的、没勇气的可怜虫。

  29. Plastic-Eating Worms Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year .

    吃塑料的虫子。人类每年生产超过3亿吨塑料。

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

    但她希望通过某种工业流程使用这种化学物质,而不是简单地"把数百万条蠕虫扔在塑料上"

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worm your way/yourself into sth

赢得欢心,骗取信任(以获利)
to make sb like you or trust you, in order to gain some advantage for yourself

He managed to worm his way into her life.

他设法骗取信任进入了她的生活。

worm sth out of sb

(慢慢地)从某人处套出话来;不断套问
to make sb tell you sth, by asking them questions in a clever way for a long period of time

We eventually wormed the secret out of her.

我们最后从她口里探听出了秘密。

n.

the worm will turn

老实人被逼急了也要反抗;兔子急了也咬人
a person who is normally quiet and does not complain will protest when the situation becomes too hard to bear

a can of worms

棘手的问题;难题;麻烦事
if you open up a can of worms , you start doing sth that will cause a lot of problems and be very difficult

the early bird catches the worm

捷足先登;捷足先得
the person who takes the opportunity to do sth before other people will have an advantage over them