Word · Frequency #17721
earthworm
蚯蚓
核心释义
earthworm
- 1.
生活在土里的蠕虫。
A worm that lives in the ground.
- 2.
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
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
- 3.
正蚓科或更广义的蚯蚓亚目环节动物。
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
- 4.
可鄙的人；卑躬屈膝者。
A contemptible person; a groveller.
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。
用法In use
After the rain, an earthworm crawled across the wet sidewalk.
用法提示：earthworm 作可数名词，此处用单数形式，指蚯蚓。
The gardener carefully placed the earthworm back into the flower bed.
用法提示：earthworm 作可数名词，此处用单数形式，特指之前提到的蚯蚓。
Earthworms improve the soil by making tunnels as they move through it.
用法提示：earthworm 的复数形式 earthworms 作主语，表示蚯蚓这一类动物。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 earth（泥土）和 worm（虫）合在一起，就是钻在土里的虫——蚯蚓。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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.
一起学习词形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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