earthworm

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A worm that lives in the ground.
    — It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."
  2. A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
    — Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms, and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae.
  3. A contemptible person; a groveller. figuratively

词形变化

earthworms plural

词汇关系

衍生词
earthworm eel 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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