| 单词 | measuring worm |
| 释义 | measuring worm (once / 562825 pages) n WORD FAMILY measuring worm: measuring worms USAGE EXAMPLESKate inched over her own thoughts like a measuring worm. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) After a hard fight, in the course of which I was stung twice, I unseated the trio and took the measuring worm away from them. Beebe, William, Jungle Peace(2011) The courtyard hosts an outdoor library, and math and science lessons can involve measuring worms or studying the anatomy of real plants, instead of diagrams. Washington Post(Nov 19, 2009) n small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae Syn|Hyper inchworm, looper caterpillar a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
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