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N-COUNT
蠕蟲(chóng)
A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs.
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N-PLURAL
(動(dòng)物或人體內(nèi)的)寄生蟲(chóng)，腸蟲(chóng)
If animals or people have worms, worms are living in their intestines.
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VERB
給(動(dòng)物)驅(qū)寄生蟲(chóng)
If you worm an animal, you give it medicine in order to kill the worms that are living in its intestines.
例句
I worm all my birds in early spring...
早春的時(shí)候我給我所有的鳥(niǎo)打蟲(chóng)。
All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
所有的成年狗至少每半年要例行打一次蟲(chóng)。
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VERB
艱難地移動(dòng)；蜷縮著身子走
If you worm your way somewhere, you move there with difficulty, twisting or bending your body or making it narrow.
例句
I had to worm my way out sideways from the bench in a ridiculous, undignified fashion...
我側(cè)著身子艱難地從長(zhǎng)凳上移開(kāi)，那個(gè)樣子很可笑，很不雅觀。
The kitten wormed its way through the just-open door.
小貓縮著身子從剛開(kāi)了一點(diǎn)兒的門(mén)中擠過(guò)來(lái)。
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VERB
(通常為欺騙別人或得到好處)逐漸取得(成功或好感)
If you say that someone is worming their way to success, or is worming their way into someone else's affection, you disapprove of the way that they are gradually making someone trust them or like them, often in order to deceive them or gain some advantage.
例句
She never misses a chance to worm her way into the public's hearts...
她從不放過(guò)任何博取公眾歡心的機(jī)會(huì)。
Everyone knows people who have wormed their way up on old school connections.
每個(gè)人都認(rèn)識(shí)一些利用老同學(xué)關(guān)系向上爬的人。
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N-SING
可憐蟲(chóng);軟蛋;卑鄙的家伙
If you call a person a worm, you are insulting them by saying that they have a very weak or unpleasant character and you have no respect for them.
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N-COUNT
“蠕蟲(chóng)”病毒
A worm is a computer program that contains a virus which duplicates itself many times in a network.
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PHRASE
極為棘手的問(wèn)題
If you say that someone is opening a can of worms, you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something which is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and which might be better left alone.
例句
You've opened up a whole new can of worms here I think. We could have a whole debate on student loans and grants...
我認(rèn)為你在此引發(fā)了一個(gè)極為棘手的全新問(wèn)題，我們可能會(huì)就學(xué)生貸款和助學(xué)金展開(kāi)一次大辯論。
Drug abuse is a can of worms nobody wants to open at sporting events.
濫用藥物是體育賽事中無(wú)人想要觸及的棘手問(wèn)題。
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PHRASE
蠕蟲(chóng)被踩，也會(huì)翻騰；兔子急了也咬人
If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
例句
Now the worm turns, and his wife Elizabeth chucks him out and takes a lover herself.
現(xiàn)在他妻子伊麗莎白被逼急了，把他攆了出去，自己找了個(gè)情人。