worm /wә:m/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and…
• (n.) a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
• (n.) a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network

Chinese translation

• n. 虫, 蠕虫, 小人物, 螺纹, 蜗杆
• vi. 蠕行, 慢慢前进
• vt. 使蠕行, 慢慢地走, 除虫

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/wә:m/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL

Frequency

Zipf 3.77 · Super Rare

Word forms

wormed, worming, worms

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