worm

英 [wɜːm]

美 [wɜːrm]

n.  蠕虫; (人或动物体内的)寄生虫; 肠虫; (昆虫的)幼虫
v.  蠕动，曲折行进(尤指通过狭窄或拥挤的地方); 给(动物)驱肠虫

复数：worms　过去式：wormed　现在分词：worming　过去分词：wormed　第三人称单数：worms　

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Collins.2 / BNC.5068 / COCA.4993

短语用例

worm your way/yourself into sth

• 赢得欢心，骗取信任（以获利）
  to make sb like you or trust you, in order to gain some advantage for yourself
  1. birds looking for worms
     觅食蠕虫的鸟

worm sth out of sb

• （慢慢地）从某人处套出话来；不断套问
  to make sb tell you sth, by asking them questions in a clever way for a long period of time
  1. This apple is full of worms.
     这个苹果生满了虫子。

习惯用语

n.

the worm will turn
• 老实人被逼急了也要反抗；兔子急了也咬人
  a person who is normally quiet and does not complain will protest when the situation becomes too hard to bear
a can of worms
• 棘手的问题；难题；麻烦事
  if you open up a can of worms , you start doing sth that will cause a lot of problems and be very difficult
the early bird catches the worm
• 捷足先登；捷足先得
  the person who takes the opportunity to do sth before other people will have an advantage over them

牛津词典

noun

• 蠕虫
  a long thin creature with no bones or legs, that lives in soil
  1. birds looking for worms
     觅食蠕虫的鸟
• （人或动物体内的）寄生虫；肠虫
  long thin creatures that live inside the bodies of humans or animals and can cause illness
  1. The dog has worms.
     这条狗体内有寄生虫。
• （昆虫的）幼虫
  the young form of an insect when it looks like a short worm
  1. This apple is full of worms.
     这个苹果生满了虫子。
• 蠕虫；蠕虫程序；蠕虫病毒
  a computer program that is a type of virus and that spreads across a network by copying itself
• 懦夫；可怜虫
  a person you do not like or respect, especially because they have a weak character and do not behave well towards other people

verb

• 蠕动，曲折行进（尤指通过狭窄或拥挤的地方）
  to use a twisting and turning movement, especially to move through a narrow or crowded place
  1. She wormed her way through the crowd to the reception desk.
     她在人群中左拐右绕走到服务台。
• 给（动物）驱肠虫
  to give an animal medicine that makes worms pass out of its body in the faeces

柯林斯词典

• 蠕虫
  Awormis a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs.
• (动物或人体内的)寄生虫，肠虫
  If animals or people haveworms, worms are living in their intestines.
• VERB 给(动物)驱寄生虫
  If youworman animal, you give it medicine in order to kill the worms that are living in its intestines.
  1. I worm all my birds in early spring...
     早春的时候我给我所有的鸟打虫。
  2. All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
     所有的成年狗至少每半年要例行打一次虫。
• VERB 艰难地移动；蜷缩着身子走
  If youwormyourwaysomewhere, you move there with difficulty, twisting or bending your body or making it narrow.
  1. I had to worm my way out sideways from the bench in a ridiculous, undignified fashion...
     我侧着身子艰难地从长凳上移开，那个样子很可笑，很不雅观。
  2. The kitten wormed its way through the just-open door.
     小猫缩着身子从刚开了一点儿的门中挤过来。
• VERB (通常为欺骗别人或得到好处)逐渐取得(成功或好感)
  If you say that someoneis wormingtheirwayto success, oris wormingtheirwayinto someone else's affection, you disapprove of the way that they are gradually making someone trust them or like them, often in order to deceive them or gain some advantage.
  1. She never misses a chance to worm her way into the public's hearts...
     她从不放过任何博取公众欢心的机会。
  2. Everyone knows people who have wormed their way up on old school connections.
     每个人都认识一些利用老同学关系向上爬的人。
• 可怜虫;软蛋;卑鄙的家伙
  If you call a person aworm, you are insulting them by saying that they have a very weak or unpleasant character and you have no respect for them.
• “蠕虫”病毒
  Awormis a computer program that contains a virus which duplicates itself many times in a network.
• PHRASE 极为棘手的问题
  If you say that someone is openinga can of worms, you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something which is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and which might be better left alone.
  1. You've opened up a whole new can of worms here I think. We could have a whole debate on student loans and grants...
     我认为你在此引发了一个极为棘手的全新问题，我们可能会就学生贷款和助学金展开一次大辩论。
  2. Drug abuse is a can of worms nobody wants to open at sporting events.
     滥用药物是体育赛事中无人想要触及的棘手问题。
• PHRASE 蠕虫被踩，也会翻腾；兔子急了也咬人
  If you say thatthe worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
  1. Now the worm turns, and his wife Elizabeth chucks him out and takes a lover herself.
     现在他妻子伊丽莎白被逼急了，把他撵了出去，自己找了个情人。

英英释义

noun

• any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes
• screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
• a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
  1. worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers
• a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
  Synonym:louseinsectdirt ball

verb

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
  1. The prisoner writhed in discomfort
  2. The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace
  Synonym:writhewrestlewrigglesquirmtwist

双语例句

• And I, presumably, the worm?
  那么我呢，可能就是个虫子？
• I had spread the accursed worm.
  我已经传播了这个该死的蠕虫。
• This brother worm is afraid of me, because I want to put it on the flower.
  这位虫兄弟怕我，因为我要把它放到花上。
• The flexibility-tooth worm gear can be used in ring surface worm transmission and cylindrical worm transmission.
  这种柔性齿蜗轮可用于环面蜗杆传动和圆柱蜗杆传动。
• Nevertheless, I was shocked by the little worm's persistence.
  然而小虫子的执着却震撼了我。
• He was a yellow gutless worm.
  他是个胆小的、没勇气的可怜虫。
• The worm was crushed under the feet.
  虫被脚踏扁了。
• Don't you know the crushed worm will turn? Why are you so lacking in vigilance?
  你不知道困兽犹斗吗？为什么这样麻痹大意？
• Worm gear box has a piece of worm gear, worm and a pair of gear.
  蜗轮箱内装有一副蜗轮、蜗杆及一对齿轮。
• Drug abuse is a can of worms nobody wants to open at sporting events.
  滥用药物是体育赛事中无人想要触及的棘手问题。