bookworm

book·worm

B0393000 (bo͝ok′wûrm′)n.1. One who spends much time reading or studying.2. Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.

bookworm

(ˈbʊkˌwɜːm) n1. a person excessively devoted to studying or reading2. (Animals) any of various small insects that feed on the binding paste of books, esp the book louse

book•worm

(ˈbʊkˌwɜrm)

n. 1. a person devoted to reading. 2. any of various insects that feed on books, esp. a booklouse. [1590–1600]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bookworm - a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they meritpedant, scholasticpurist - someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
	2.	bookworm - someone who spends a great deal of time readingreader - a person who enjoys reading

Translations

书呆子蛀书虫

book

(buk) noun1. a number of sheets of paper (especially printed) bound together. an exercise book. 簿、冊 卷、篇、部本子、簿册 2. a piece of writing, bound and covered. I've written a book on Shakespeare. 書 书3. a record of bets. 下注記錄 赌帐 verb1. to buy or reserve (a ticket, seat etc) for a play etc. I've booked four seats for Friday's concert. 預購，預訂 预购，预定 2. to hire in advance. We've booked the hall for Saturday. 預租 预定ˈbookable adjective able to be reserved in advance. Are these seats bookable? 可預訂的 可预定的ˈbooking noun a reservation. 預約 预约ˈbooklet (-lit) noun a small, thin book. a booklet about the history of the town. 小冊子 小册子ˈbookbinding noun putting the covers on books. 裝訂 装订ˈbookbinder noun 裝訂者 装订者ˈbookcase noun a set of shelves for books. 書櫥，書櫃 书橱，书柜 ˈbooking-office noun an office where travel tickets etc are sold. a queue at the station booking-office. 售票處 售票处ˈbookmaker noun a professional betting man who takes bets and pays winnings. 莊家，博彩公司 登记赌注者 ˈbookmark noun something put in a book to mark a particular page. 書籤 书签ˈbookseller noun a person who sells books. 書商 书商ˈbookshelf noun a shelf on which books are kept. 書架 书架ˈbookshop noun a shop which sells books. 書店 书店ˈbookworm noun a person who reads a lot. 書呆子，書蟲，極愛看書的人 书呆子，蛀书虫 booked up having every ticket sold. The theatre is booked up for the season. 預售一空 预定一空book in to sign one's name on the list of guests at an hotel etc. We have booked in at the Royal Hotel. 簽到 签到，登记 by the book strictly according to the rules. She always does things by the book. 完全照規定 严格按照规章办事