earthworm

FREQ #41023

n. 蚯蚓

发音

US /ˈɜː(ɹ)θˌwɜː(ɹ)m/

词形变化

earthworms 复数 earthworms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A worm that lives in the ground.

    蚯蚓

    地龙

    䘆公

    杜蚓

    杜蚓仔

    牛贯

    涂蚓

  2. 2.

    A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.

  3. 3.

    A contemptible person; a groveller.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

crawler angleworm dewworm fishing worm fishworm nightcrawler nightwalker red worm wiggler

上位词 1

oligochaete

相关短语

earthworm eel earthworm eels giant Gippsland earthworm

词源

From Middle English erthe-worm, erþe-worm, erþe worm (also as worm of þe erthe, worm of þe erþe), equivalent to earth + worm. Compare Saterland Frisian Äidwurm (“earthworm”), West Frisian ierdwjirm (“earthworm”), Dutch aardworm (“earthworm”), less common German Erdwurm (“earthworm”).

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