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wormn.
1.reptile,snake,serpent爬蟲，蛇。
△Mid.3.2.71:“Could not a worm,an adder,do so much?”一條蛇，一條毒蛇，還不都是這樣傷人？
△2H.VI.3.2.263:“The mor-tal worm might make the sleep eternal.”那致人死命的長蟲就會使得陛下永遠長眠。
2. small snake,young serpent小蛇。
△Mac.3.4.29(28):“There the grown serpent lies: the worm that'sfled/Hath nature that in time will venom breed，”i.e. the young serpent that has fled has life that willbreed venom in time. 大蛇躺在那里了；那逃走的小蛇，靠著天性在將來還會產(chǎn)生毒液。
3. silkworm蠶。
△Lr.3.4.106 (103): “Thou owestthe worm no silk，” i.e. You are not wearing any silkwhich you have to thank the silkworm for.你不欠蠶兒什么絲。
△Oth.3.4.74 (73): “The worms were hal-lowed that did breed the silk，”那吐絲的蠶都是經(jīng)過法術變?yōu)殪`異的。Phrases:
worm of conscience: i.e. continual torment of con-science良心的蠕蟲，（指）良心的不斷折磨。
△R.III.1.3. 222(221): “The worm of conscience still begnaw thysoul!” 讓良心的蠕蟲不停地嚙咬你的靈魂！
worm's meat: food for worms蛆蟲的食物，臭肉。
△As.3.2.68 (65):“thou worm's meat,in respect of a goodpiece of flesh indeed!”把你跟一塊好肉比起來，你簡直是一塊給蛆蟲吃的臭肉！
worms' meat: food for worms,corpse eaten by mag-gots in the grave蛆蟲的食物，死尸。
△Rom.3.1.112(106): “A plague o'both your houses!/ They havemade worms' meat of me.”你們兩家真該倒霉！ 你們兩家把我喂了蛆。 worm蠕蟲身體能伸縮的軟體無脊堆動物。尤指蚯蚓和各種各樣的寄生蟲類，有時也指昆蟲的幼蟲。 worm[w?:m]n.蠕蟲，幼蟲
◇ a can of worms 復雜問題 The early bird gets the worm.捷足先登
worm one’s way 獲得某人好感
‖ wormed 蟲蛀本
wormy adj. |