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worm/wɜ:m/ n. & v.●n. 1 any of various types of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long slender bodies and no limbs, esp. segmented in rings or parasitic in the intestines or tissues (无脊椎的)软体虫，蠕虫，蛀虫(尤指环状分节的或寄生在肠或组织内的) 2 the long slender larva of an insect, esp. in fruit or wood (尤指在果实和木头中的)昆虫的(细长的)幼虫 3 (in pl. 用复数) intestinal or other internal parasites 肠虫；寄生虫 4 a blindworm or slow-worm 蛇蜥，慢缺肢蜥 5 a maggot supposed to eat dead bodies in the grave (肉)蛆 6 colloq. an insignificant or contemptible person [口]无足轻重的人；可鄙的家伙 7a the spiral part of a screw (螺丝钉的)螺旋部分 b a short screw working in a worm-gear 蜗杆 8 the spiral pipe of a still in which the vapour is cooled and condensed 螺纹管 9 the ligament under a dog's tongue (狗舌下的)韧带 ●v. 1 intr. & tr. (often 常作 refl.) move with a crawling motion 蠕行，蠕动；慢慢(或悄悄)地前行 wormed through the bushes 悄悄穿过灌木丛; wormed our way through the bushes 我们悄悄穿过灌木丛 2 intr. & refl. (foll. by 后跟 into) insinuate oneself into a person's favour, confidence, etc. 巧妙地逐步获得某人的喜爱和信任等 3 tr. (foll. by 后跟 out) obtain (a secret etc.) by cunning persistence 千方百计地获取(秘密等) managed to worm the truth out of them 设法从他们那里弄清真相 4 tr. cut the worm of (a dog's tongue) 割掉(狗舌下的)韧带 5 tr. rid (a plant or dog etc.) of worms 给(植物或狗等)驱虫 6 tr. Naut. make (a rope etc.) smooth by winding thread between the strands 【海】在(粗绳索等的)各股间绕上细线使变光滑 □ food for worms a dead person 死尸 □ a (or even a) worm will turn the meekest will resist or retaliate if pushed too far 蠕虫也有发威时；逼人太甚，必遭反抗或报复 □ wormer n.□ wormlike adj.[Old English wyrm, from Germanic] |