wormhole

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈwɝmˌhoʊl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hole burrowed by a worm.
    — To fill with worme-holes stately monuments.
  2. A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.
    — […]where there is a net flux of lines of force, through what topologists would call "a handle" of the multiply-connected space, and what physicists might perhaps be excused for more vividly terming a "wormhole".
  3. A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality. slang
动词 v.
  1. To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels. transitive

词形变化

wormholes plural worm-hole alternative worme-hole alternative wormholes present,singular,third-person wormholing participle,present wormholed participle,past wormholed past worm-hole alternative worme-hole alternative

词汇关系

相关词
rabbit hole

词源

词源 1
First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.
词源 2
First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.
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