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单词 worm
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wormnoun

uk/wɜːm/us/wɝːm/

worm noun (CREATURE)

B2 [ C ] a small animal with a long, narrow, soft body without arms, legs, or bones:

The kiwi bird eats worms, other invertebrates, and berries.

[ C ] the young of particular types of insect:

It's distressing enough to find a worm in your apple but finding half of one is worse.
See also
woodworm

[ C ] a type of worm that lives in an animal's intestine, feeding on the food there, or on an animal's body, feeding off its blood:

a parasitic worm
The vet says our dog has worms.
See also
tapeworm

[ S ] informal old-fashioned an unpleasant person who does not deserve respect:

Don't be such a worm. You don't have to lie to me.

More examples

  • A grub looks like a short fat worm.
  • We had to dissect a worm and a frog in our biology practical today.
  • The child touched the worm with a twig.
  • A large worm wriggled in the freshly dug earth.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Worms, snails, slugs & similar animals

  • annelid
  • centipede
  • earthworm
  • flatworm
  • gastropod
  • leech
  • millepede
  • millipede
  • nematode
  • roundworm
  • slug
  • snail
  • tapeworm
  • woodlouse

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

The development & parts of insects
People of little importance
Unpleasant people in general

worm noun (COMPUTING)

[ C ] a harmful computer program that can copy itself and spread across a number of connected computers:

The operating system left servers susceptible to viruses and worms.
The software promises to protect you from the most pervasive worm attacks.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Computer programming & software

  • abandonware
  • ad-blocker
  • ad-blocking
  • adware
  • alpha
  • analytics
  • CD-RW
  • compile
  • killer app
  • lisp
  • LMS
  • low-level language
  • macro
  • mashup
  • MS-DOS
  • patch
  • procedure
  • shortcut
  • systems analyst
  • virtual memory

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Idiom(s)

the worm turns

wormverb

uk/wɜːm/us/wɝːm/

worm verb (MOVE)

[ I or T, + prep ] to succeed in moving along in a difficult or crowded situation, by moving your body slowly and carefully:

Because he was so small, he could worm (his way) through the crowd.
She wormed herself under the fence.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Slow and moving slowly

  • at a snail's pace idiom
  • by and by idiom
  • by degrees idiom
  • claw your way (somewhere) idiom
  • clunky
  • drift
  • float
  • hang around
  • in ones and twos idiom
  • inch by inch idiom
  • infiltrate
  • infiltration
  • labour
  • mill
  • slowpoke
  • sluggish
  • snail
  • steadily
  • steady
  • struggle

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worm verb (ANIMAL)

[ T ] to give an animal, especially a pet dog or cat, medicine to kill any worms that might be living inside it:

Has your dog been wormed?

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Zoology: veterinary medicine

  • alter
  • anthrax
  • castrate
  • cattery
  • collar
  • delouse
  • destroy
  • distemper
  • foot-and-mouth
  • froth
  • geld
  • hoof-and-mouth
  • leptospirosis
  • myxomatosis
  • put sth down 1
  • quarantine
  • rabid
  • rabies
  • vet
  • veterinarian

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Phrasal verb(s)

worm yourself/your way into sth
worm sth out of sb
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