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单词 wormhole
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Definition of wormhole in English:

wormhole

nounˈwəːmhəʊlˈwərmˌhoʊl
  • 1A hole made by a burrowing insect larva or worm in wood, fruit, books, or other materials.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I see the knot as the branch it used to be and the wormhole as the food source and home for the bug.
  • 2Physics
    A hypothetical connection between widely separated regions of space–time.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As theoretical objects, wormholes were invented and named in the late 1950s by American physicist John Archibald Wheeler, an early pioneer in the quest for quantum gravity.
    • These wormholes connect not only two regions of space (hence the name) but also two regions of time as well.
    • When I was in high school, I gave a presentation on black holes, wormholes and time travel for my physics class.
    • These rifts can only be described as wormholes.
    • Now a wormhole is a bit like a black hole only different.
 
 

Definition of wormhole in US English:

wormhole

nounˈwərmˌhoʊlˈwərmˌhōl
  • 1A hole made by a burrowing insect larva or worm in wood, fruit, books, or other materials.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I see the knot as the branch it used to be and the wormhole as the food source and home for the bug.
    1. 1.1Physics A hypothetical connection between widely separated regions of space-time.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now a wormhole is a bit like a black hole only different.
      • These wormholes connect not only two regions of space (hence the name) but also two regions of time as well.
      • When I was in high school, I gave a presentation on black holes, wormholes and time travel for my physics class.
      • These rifts can only be described as wormholes.
      • As theoretical objects, wormholes were invented and named in the late 1950s by American physicist John Archibald Wheeler, an early pioneer in the quest for quantum gravity.
 
 
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