释义 |
night crawler in American English (ˈkrɔlər) US any large earthworm that comes to the surface at night, commonly used as fish bait night crawler in American Englishnoun(chiefly in Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. dialect) an earthworm Word origin [1920–25, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, audio, follow-up, superpower, zipper |