worms

英 [wɜːmz]

美 [wɜːrmz]

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
worm的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• Security and privacy open up a whole other can of worms.
  安全性和隐私则开启了另一个满是蠕虫的盒子。
• The worms cannot be seen by the naked eye
  这些虫子用肉眼看不见。
• We are all worms but I do believe that I am glow-worm.
  我们都是虫，可我是萤火虫。
• Birds feed on worms and grains.
  鸟以虫和谷物为食。
• Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
  食肉或吸血的水栖或陆栖蠕虫，特征是每端各有一个吸盘。
• These peaches are full of worms.
  这些桃子生了很多虫。
• But missing among the sea urchin genes are some genes found in flies and worms.
  但是海胆缺失了在苍蝇和蠕虫中发现的基因。
• This tree has been eaten hollow by worms.
  这棵树被虫子蛀空了。
• Scientists have already extended the life of flies, worms and mice in laboratories.
  科学家们在实验室里已经延长了苍蝇、蠕虫和老鼠的寿命。
• My father opened a real can of worms when he took over the ailing company and tried to get it doing business.
  当我父亲接管一家处境困难的公司并试图重振业务时，他确实碰到了棘手的问题。