worm
虫子,蜗牛,蠕虫,蜗杆
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Definitions
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- : Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- : any of numerous small creeping animals with more or less slender, elongated bodies, and without limbs or with very short ones, including individuals of widely differing kinds, as earthworms, tapeworms, insect larvae, and adult forms of some insects.
- : something resembling or suggesting a worm in appearance, movement, etc.
- : Informal. a groveling, abject, or contemptible person.
- : the spiral pipe in which the vapor is condensed in a still.
- : screw thread.
- : screw conveyor.
- : Also called worm screw . a rotating cylinder or shaft, cut with one or more helical threads, that engages with and drives a worm wheel.
- : something that penetrates, injures, or consumes slowly or insidiously, like a gnawing worm.
- : worms,Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. any disease or disorder arising from the presence of parasitic worms in the intestines or other tissues; helminthiasis.
- : Metallurgy. irregularities visible on the surfaces of some metals subject to plastic deformation.
Phrases
- worm into
- worm out of
- worm turns, the
- can of worms
- early bird catches the worm
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Examples
Trucking comes with its own bag of worms, but folks seem to believe that AV trucking has a clearer path to profitability.
The challenge here related to the “odd worms out,” which sat out reproductive cycles.
For each pair of worms, their number either stayed the same or increased by 50 percent over each 24-hour period.
The first time I heard nematode worms can teach us something about human longevity, I balked at the idea.
Surprisingly, many of these don’t ever occur in worms and other animals.
And the other is what is called a horsehair worm that overtakes the bodies of insects.
Who knew, by the way, that The Carter Center has wiped out guinea worm just about everywhere in Africa but South Sudan?
So, Grey Worm arms the slaves of Meereen, who outnumber the citizens three-to-one.
If you like mammal species from the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue")...
It appeared The Worm had turned, even though his ignorance remained wrong side up.
Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.
It was no worm that Mrs. Robin had found, but Grandfather Mole's hairless tail sticking out of the ground.
For Mrs. Robin had an end of a pinkish-white in her bill, on which she was tugging as hard as she could.