woodworm

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood. countable,uncountable
    — 1599, Simon Harward, “A Displaying of the wilfull deuises of wicked and vaine worldlings” in Three Sermons, London: Richard Johns, […] Chrisostome doth compaire enuie to the wood worm which though it doe breede in the tymber, yet it doth consume & waste the tymber, as enuie springing of the heart doth putrifie and vtterly eat vp the heart.
  2. Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood.; Anobium punctatum (common furniture beetle). countable,uncountable
  3. A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family Teredinidae that feeds on wood underwater in saltwater. countable,uncountable

词形变化

woodworms plural

词汇关系

下位词
deathwatch beetle

词源

From wood + worm.
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