earthworm

• n. [无脊椎] 蚯蚓

earth, 土。worm, 虫。

earthworm (n.)

c. 1400, ere-worme, from earth + worm (n.). In this sense Old English had eormata, also regnwyrm, literally "rain-worm." Old English also had angel-twcce "earthworm used as bait" (with second element from root of twitch), sometimes used in medieval times as a medicament:

For the blake Jawndes take angylltwacches, er ei go in to the erth in the mornynge and fry hem. Take ix or x small angyltwacches, and bray hem, and giff the syke to drynke fastynge, with stale ale, but loke at thei bene grounden so small that e syke may nat se, ne witt what it is, for lothynge. [Book of Medical Recipes in Medical Society of London Library, c. 1450]

1. When the earthworm appears in the morning, the sun will shine brightly.

早蚯出太阳,晚蚯迎雨汤.

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2. An earthworm is a terricolous organism.

蚯蚓是陆生的生物.

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3. The earthworm population had declined by 70 %.

蚯蚓数量下降70%.

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4. The oral opening in an earthworm is small.

蚯蚓的口是很小的.

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5. The hen raked up an earthworm.

母鸡扒出了一条蚯蚓.

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