earthworm

• n. [无脊椎] 蚯蚓

earth, 土。worm, 虫。

earthworm (n.)

c. 1400, erþe-worme, from earth + worm (n.). In this sense Old English had eorðmata, also regnwyrm, literally "rain-worm." Old English also had angel-twæcce "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 þei 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 þat thei bene grounden so small that þe 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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