worm

• n. 虫，蠕虫；蜗杆；螺纹；小人物
• vt. 使蠕动；给除虫；使缓慢前进
• vi. 慢慢前进；蠕行
• n. (Worm)人名；(德、丹、葡)沃尔姆

来自PIE*wrmi,虫，来自PIE*wer,弯，转，扭曲，词源同wring,wriggle.

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. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

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. screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

worm

worm: [OE] The ancestral meaning of worm appears to be ‘snake’; its application to smaller limbless creatures is a secondary development. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wurmiz, *wurmaz, which also produced German wurm, Dutch worm, and Danish orm ‘worm’ and Swedish orm ‘snake’. And this in turn went back to Indo-European *wrmi-, *wrmo- (source also of Latin vermis, from which English gets vermilion and vermin), a possible derivative of the base *wer- ‘turn, twist’ (source of English convert, reverse, etc) – in which case the worm would be etymologically the ‘twisting’ or ‘winding’ creature.
=> vermilion, vermin

worm (n.)

Old English wurm, variant of wyrm "serpent, snake, dragon, reptile," also in later Old English "earthworm," from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German, German wurm, Old Frisian and Dutch worm, Old Norse ormr, Gothic waurms "serpent, worm"), from PIE *wrmi- "worm" (cognates: Greek rhomos, Latin vermis "worm," Old Russian vermie "insects," Lithuanian varmas "insect, gnat"), probably from root *wer- (3) "turn" (see versus).

The ancient category of these was much more extensive than the modern, scientific, one and included serpents, scorpions, maggots, and the supposed causes of certain diseases. For substitution of -o- for -u-, see come. As an insult meaning "abject, miserable person" it dates from Old English. Worms "any disease arising from the presence of parasitic worms" is from late Old English. Can of worms figurative for "difficult problem" is from 1951, from the literal can of worms a fisherman might bring with him, on the image of something all tangled up.

worm (v.)

"to move like a worm," c. 1600, from worm (n.). In figurative senses attested from 1620s, suggesting patient, sinuous progress. Meaning "to free from worms" is from 1620s. Related: Wormed; worming.

bug, insect, pest, worm

这些名词均含"虫，昆虫"之意。

bug： 指小昆虫，尤指吸血的臭虫，也可指细菌。

insect： 含义广泛，多指蚂蚁、黄蜂、蝉等等。

pest： 指有害的昆虫或有害的小动物。

worm： 侧重指蚯蚓、蚕、毛虫等小而无骨的虫。

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

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

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Jennifer Debruyn, a microbiologist at the university of tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene.

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Researchers in spain and england recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics.

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So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.

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The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it.

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To confirm that the worms' chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste and applied it to plastic films.

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birds looking for worms

觅食蠕虫的鸟

牛津词典

The dog has worms.

这条狗体内有寄生虫。

牛津词典

This apple is full of worms.

这个苹果生满了虫子。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

He managed to worm his way into her life.

他设法骗取信任进入了她的生活。

牛津词典

We eventually wormed the secret out of her.

我们最后从她口里探听出了秘密。

牛津词典

I worm all my birds in early spring...

早春的时候我给我所有的鸟打虫。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

[ Mike Narrating ] Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.

[ 迈克叙述 ] 虫子和我配合得象以前一样默契我们两好象是克莱德.弗瑞泽和佩尔. 门罗.

电影对白

The worm wriggled itself out at a small hole.

蚯蚓蠕动着钻出小洞外.

辞典例句

How did the thieves worm their way in?

盗贼是怎样钻入的?

辞典例句

As the saying goes the early bird the worm.

谚语说,早起的鸟有食吃.

期刊摘选

For Bluetooth worm propagation, a determining factor is moving velocity of smart phone in mobile environment.

对于蓝牙环境下智能手机蠕虫病毒的传播, 手机的移动速度是一个重要因素.

期刊摘选

The worm inched along.

那条虫向前蠕动.

《简明英汉词典》

The bird pounced on the worm and swallowed it.

鸟猛地扑向虫子,把它吞了.

辞典例句

The parasitic larva of a trematode worm, having a tail that disappears in the adult stage.

蝌蚪形的吸虫类寄生幼虫; 成体阶段尾巴消失.

期刊摘选

The early bird catches the worm.

[谚]捷足先登.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Dr Worm acknowledges that the figures are conservative.

医生虫承认身材是保守的.

期刊摘选

The bird had a worm in its beak.

鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫.

《简明英汉词典》

I had a queer sensation as if a worm was creeping down my spine.

我有一种可疑的感觉,好象有个虫子在顺着我的脊梁往下爬似的.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

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?

《现代汉英综合大词典》