worm

worm
noun

any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long slender soft bodies and no limbs
（细长的）软体虫，蠕虫
Phyla Annelida (segmented worms), Nematoda (roundworms), and Platyhelminthes (flatworms), and up to twelve minor phyla
包括环节动物门（有环节的虫），线虫动物门（圆体不分节的虫）和扁形动物门（扁平无环节的寄生虫）等12门
■short for earthworm
earthworm 的简称
■(worms)intestinal or other internal parasites
寄生虫，肠虫
■used in names of long slender insect larvae, especially those in fruit or wood, e.g. army worm, woodworm
［用于昆虫名称］（尤指在果实或木头中的）昆虫的幼虫，蛀虫（如黏虫、木蠹等）
■used in names of other animals that resemble worms in some way, e.g. slow-worm, shipworm
［用于昆虫名称］蠕虫状动物，蠕动物（如蛇蜥、船蛆等）
■a maggot supposed to eat dead bodies buried in the ground
蛆虫
food for worms.
蛆虫的食物。
■(Computing)a self-replicating program able to propagate itself across a network, typically having a detrimental effect
(计算机)网虫
(informal)a weak or despicable person (used as a general term of contempt)
(非正式，贬)小人物；可鄙的家伙，可怜虫
a helical device or component, in particular
螺纹状物，螺纹状装置，尤指
■the threaded cylinder in a worm gear
螺旋泵，螺旋提升器
■the coiled pipe of a still in which the vapour is cooled and condensed
螺纹管；蜗管

verb

[no obj., with adverbial of direction]move with difficulty by crawling or wriggling
慢慢（或悄悄）地行（路）；使潜入，使钻入
I wormed my way along the roadside ditch.
我慢慢地沿着路边的沟渠向前走。
■(worm one's way into)insinuate one's way into
钻入，潜入
the educated dealers may later worm their way into stockbroking.
受过训练的证券经纪人也许以后会钻进股票经纪业。
■[with obj. and adverbial of direction]move (something) into a confined space by wriggling it
使蠕动；使悄悄地动
I wormed my right hand between my body and the earth.
我在身体和地面之间慢慢挪动右手。
■(worm something out of)obtain information from (someone) by cunning persistence
刺探，套问；千方百计地获取
I did manage to worm a few details out of him.
我的确从他的口中套出了一些细节。
[with obj.]treat (an animal) with a preparation designed to expel parasitic worms
（给动物）驱虫，除虫
[with obj.](Nautical, archaic)make (a rope) smooth by winding thread between the strands
(航海古)在（粗绳）外面绕细绳

常用词组
(even) a worm will turn

(proverb)(even) a meek person will resist or retaliate if pushed too far
(谚)逼人太甚，必有反抗

派生
worm-like
adjective
语源

Old English wyrm (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Latin vermis 'worm' and Greek rhomox 'woodworm'

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