释义 |
ˈdeath-worm †1. = death-watch 1. Obs.
1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 195 No ticking death-worm told a fancied doom. 2. poet. A ‘worm of death’.
1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. ii. i. 16 How like death-worms the wingless moments crawl! 1850Mrs. Browning Rom. Margret xxiv, Behold, the death-worm to his heart Is a nearer thing than thou. |