| 单词 | worm |
| 释义 | worm n. & v. --n 1. any of various types of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long slender bodies and no limbs, esp. segmented in rings or parasitic in the intestines or tissues. 2. the long slender larva of an insect, esp. in fruit or wood. 3. (in pl.) intestinal or other internal parasites. 4. a blindworm or slow-worm. 5. a maggot supposed to eat dead bodies in the grave. 6. an insignificant or contemptible person. 7. a the spiral part of a screw. b a short screw working in a worm-gear. 8. the spiral pipe of a still in which the vapour is cooled and condensed. 9. the ligament under a dog's tongue. --v 1. intr. & tr. (often refl.) move with a crawling motion (wormed through the bushes; wormed our way through the bushes). 2. intr. & refl. (foll. by into) insinuate oneself into a person's favour, confidence, etc. 3. tr. (foll. by out) obtain (a secret etc.) by cunning persistence (managed to worm the truth out of them). 4. tr. cut the worm of (a dog's tongue). 5. tr. rid (a plant or dog etc.) of worms. 6. tr. Naut. make (a rope etc.) smooth by winding thread between the strands. Phrases and idioms food for worms a dead person. worm-cast a convoluted mass of earth left on the surface by a burrowing earthworm. worm-fishing fishing with worms for bait. worm-gear an arrangement of a toothed wheel worked by a revolving spiral. worm-hole a hole left by the passage of a worm. worm-seed 1. seed used to expel intestinal worms. 2. a plant e.g. santonica bearing this seed. worm's-eye view a view as seen from below or from a humble position. worm-wheel the wheel of a worm-gear. a (or even a) worm will turn the meekest will resist or retaliate if pushed too far. Derivatives wormer n. wormlike adj. Etymology: OE wyrm f. Gmc |
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