Word · Frequency #17721
earthworm
蚯蚓
earthworm
- 1.
A worm that lives in the ground.
生活在土里的蠕虫。
- 2.
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
在土壤中打洞并帮助通气的陆生蠕虫；通常在地面凉爽或潮湿时出现；钓鱼者用作诱饵
- 3.
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
正蚓科或更广义的蚯蚓亚目环节动物。
- 4.
A contemptible person; a groveller.
可鄙的人；卑躬屈膝者。
生活在土里的蠕虫。；在土壤中打洞并帮助通气的陆生蠕虫；通常在地面凉爽或潮湿时出现；钓鱼者用作诱饵；正蚓科或更广义的蚯蚓亚目环节动物。；可鄙的人；卑躬屈膝者。
In use
After the rain, an earthworm crawled across the wet sidewalk.
The gardener carefully placed the earthworm back into the flower bed.
Earthworms improve the soil by making tunnels as they move through it.
a/an + singular countable noun
earthworm 是可数名词，单数前用 an，因为其读音以元音音素开头。
An earthworm burrows into the soil.
蚯蚓钻入土壤中。
plural noun + plural verb
用复数形式不带冠词可泛指蚯蚓这一类动物，谓语动词也用复数。
Earthworms help aerate the soil.
蚯蚓有助于土壤通气。
use sth as bait
use sth as bait 表示“把某物用作鱼饵”，as 后接用途。
Connections
Collocations
- earthworm casts
- 蚯蚓粪
- The gardener noticed earthworm casts on the lawn.园丁注意到草坪上有蚯蚓粪。
- earthworm burrows
- 蚯蚓洞
- Earthworm burrows help water reach plant roots.蚯蚓洞帮助水分到达植物根部。
- earthworm composting
- 蚯蚓堆肥
- She uses earthworm composting to recycle kitchen scraps.她用蚯蚓堆肥来回收厨房剩菜。
- earthworm species
- 蚯蚓种类
- There are thousands of earthworm species worldwide.全世界有数千种蚯蚓。
- earthworm population
- 蚯蚓种群
- Healthy soil supports a large earthworm population.健康的土壤能维持庞大的蚯蚓种群。
- earthworm farm
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 earth（泥土）和 worm（虫）合在一起，就是钻在土里的虫——蚯蚓。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、科普文章、园艺 该词为中性常用词，通常用于日常对话、科普或园艺场景，不属于正式或俚语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the final /wɝm/ sound with the -worm in earthworm, so they rhyme with it. Beware of lookalikes such as warm /wɔrm/ and form /fɔrm/, which are spelled similarly but have a different vowel sound and do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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