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worm
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- pronunciation:
- wuhrm
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an animal with a long, thin, round or flat body. Worms have no legs and move by creeping or crawling. Worms are invertebrates and have no backbone.
软体虫, 蠕虫
The robin flew back to its nest, holding a long worm in its beak for the baby birds.知更鸟飞回了它的巢，嘴里叼着一只长虫喂雏鸟。
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| definition 2: |
(plural; used with a singular verb) a disease caused by worms, or other animals that look like worms, living as parasites inside other animals.
寄生虫病
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
worms, worming, wormed |
| definition 1: |
to make one's way slowly or by a winding route.
缓慢前进, 蜿蜒行走
The puppy wormed through people's legs under the table.小狗在桌下缓慢穿过人们的腿。 |
| definition 2: |
to get by tricky means (usually followed by "out").
千方百计获取或逃避
He tried to worm out of his chores.他千方百计逃避做杂活。 |
| definition 3: |
to cause or make by moving in a winding, indirect route.
使缓慢前进, 使蜿蜒行走
The motorcycle wormed its way through heavy traffic.摩托车在繁忙的交通中缓慢前进。 |
| definition 4: |
to find out by tricky means (usually followed by "out" or "from").
千方百计的探得
She couldn't worm the secret plans out of him.她无法从他那里探得秘密计划。 |
| definition 5: |
to treat or cure the disease caused by worms.
驱除……体内的寄生虫
The veterinarian wormed our cat.兽医给我们的猫驱除寄生虫。 |
| related words: |
edge |
| derivations: |
wormlike (adj.), wormer (n.) |
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worms influence |
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agriculture, compost, soil |
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broader categories that include worms |
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animal, invertebrate |
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produced by worms |
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cocoon, eggs |
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similar to a worm |
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caterpillar, centipede, inchworm |
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some behaviors of worms |
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burrowing, contracting, crawling, creeping, digging, stretching, sucking, swimming |
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some examples of worms |
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earthworm, leech |
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some parts of worms |
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bristle, fin, tentacles |
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some places worms are found |
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burrow, host, intestines, mud, ocean, sand, soil, water, wood |
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some things that worms eat |
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blood, grass, leaf, plants, wheat, wood |
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