wormhole

FREQ #10758

n. 蛀孔, 蛀洞

发音

US /ˈwɝmˌhoʊl/
AU

词形变化

wormholes 复数 wormholes wormholed wormholes 三单 wormholing wormholing 现在分词 wormholed 过去式 wormholed 过去分词

别名

worm-hole worme-hole

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hole burrowed by a worm.

    虫洞

  2. 2.

    A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.

    虫洞

    蛀孔

    蠹孔

  3. 3.

    A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.

    俚语 计算机 工程 数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

hole hollow

词源

First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.

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