vermiculation

n. 虫蚀纹装饰, 蠕动 [医] 蠕动

发音

UK /vəmɪkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
其它
US /vɚˌmɪkjuˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
US /-kjə-/

词形变化

vermiculations 复数 vermiculations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The process of being turned into a worm.

    可数 废旧 罕用 不可数
  2. 2.

    The state of being infested or consumed by worms.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A pattern of irregular wavy lines resembling worms or their casts or tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and buildings, etc.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    Peristalsis (“wave-like contraction of the digestive tract, resembling the movement of a worm”).

    可数 过时 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

peristalsis

上位词 5

activity carving embellishment bodily function bodily process

词源

Borrowed from Latin vermiculātiōnem, from vermiculor (“to be worm-eaten, to be wormy”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots)). The Latin verb is from vermis (“worm”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), possibly from *wer- (“to turn”)).

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