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wormHwV:m, $wV:rmn [C]a small animal with a long narrow soft body without arms, legs or bones(细长的)软体虫, 蚯蚓As worms move through soil they help to maintain its fertility.当蚯蚓在土壤中蠕动时，可帮助保持土壤的肥力。I'm terrified of worms.我害怕蚯蚓。A worm is also the young of particular types of insect.(昆虫的)幼虫It's distressing enough to find a worm in your apple but finding half of one is worse.在苹果中发现一条虫已经够令人难受了，但发现半条虫则更糟。[WOODWORM]Some types of worm live in or on an animal's body and feed off it.寄生虫a parasitic worm寄生虫The vet says our dog has worms.兽医说我们的狗身上有寄生虫。 [TAPEWORM](disapproving) If you call someone a worm, you mean that they are unpleasant and do not deserve respect.卑鄙小人, 卑鄙的家伙He's just a worm, he's always nice to people when he's with them and then says horrid things about them later.他真是个卑鄙的家伙，总是当面对别人很好，接着又在背后说他们的坏话。If you say the worm turns you mean that a person or group of people that is usually obedient and does not cause any trouble becomes forceful when in a difficult situation.懦夫站了起来It seems the worm has turned--after years of silence local people are beginning to protest about waste emissions from the factory.一向顺从软弱的人似乎反抗了----沉默了多年以后，当地的人开始抗议起这家工厂排泄的废物来。A worm cast is a small pile of earth or sand pushed up to the surface of the ground by particular types of worm, esp. EARTHWORMS.(蚯蚓等推出地面的)小土堆, 小沙堆Something such as a piece of wood which is worm-eaten has small holes in it which were made by the young of particular types of insect. (木头等)虫蛀的, 蛀成洞的a worm-eaten table/beam虫蛀的桌子/横梁
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