释义 |
Examples:the early bird catches the worm—worm (mechanical engineering)—"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus—trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans—become mildewed and worm-eaten (of books)—trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans—lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten—Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans—a sand worm (genus Nereis)—a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on—nematode worm (Caenorhabditis elegans)—worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)—"eel worm", a parasitic worm carrying meningitis—army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests)—bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine—worm one's way into being friends with sb. (usually derogatory)— |