- 1生蟲的、長蟲的(水果、肉等);也可形容像蟲一樣細長彎曲的。用在土壤時反而是好話,表示蚯蚓多、土質健康。
Wormy means full of worms, or having worms in it — wormy apples, wormy meat, wormy soil. It is the plain adjective you make from 'worm' by adding -y, the same way rain becomes rainy and dirt becomes dirty.
Wormy means full of worms, or having worms in itwormy意思是長滿蟲、裡面有蟲 — wormy apples, wormy meat, wormy soil像是wormy apples(長蟲的蘋果)、wormy meat(長蟲的肉)、wormy soil(有蟲的土壤)。It is the plain adjective you make from 'worm'這是從『worm』直接造出來的形容詞 by adding -y加上-y, the same way rain becomes rainy and dirt becomes dirty就像rain變成rainy、dirt變成dirty一樣。
It has two slightly different jobs. Most often it is a complaint: a wormy apple is one you would not want to eat. But with soil, a gardener may say 'nice wormy soil' as praise, because mean the ground is healthy. So the feeling depends on where the worms are.
It has two slightly different jobs它有兩種稍微不同的用法。Most often大多時候 it is a complaint它是在抱怨: a wormy apple is one you would not want to eatwormy apple就是你不會想吃的那種蘋果。But with soil但講到土壤的時候, a gardener may say 'nice wormy soil' as praise園丁可能會把『nice wormy soil』當成讚美, because earthworms mean the ground is healthy因為有蚯蚓表示土壤健康。So所以 the feeling depends on where the worms are這個字的感覺要看蟲在哪裡。
It can also mean simply worm-like — long, thin, and wriggling. A wormy line of handwriting, a wormy on a page.
It can also mean simply worm-like它也可以單純指像蟲一樣 — long, thin, and wriggling又長又細、還會蠕動。A wormy line of handwriting, a wormy squiggle on a page像是a wormy line of handwriting(歪歪扭扭像蟲爬的字跡)、a wormy squiggle on a page(紙上一條蟲狀的塗鴉)。
And, more rarely, it describes a person as weak, cringing, or not to be trusted, the same insult carried by calling someone 'a worm'. That last use is old-fashioned and you meet it mostly in books.
And, more rarely而且比較少見地, it describes a person as weak, cringing, or not to be trusted它可以形容一個人懦弱、畏縮、不可信任, the same insult carried by calling someone 'a worm'就跟直接罵人『a worm』是一樣的侮辱。That last use is old-fashioned最後這個用法是老派的 and you meet it mostly in books而且你多半只會在書裡遇到。
'Wormy' is an everyday, spoken word, not a formal one; in careful writing about food or timber you would more often see 'infested' or 'worm-eaten'.
'Wormy' is an everyday, spoken word『Wormy』是個日常口語用字, not a formal one不是正式用字;in careful writing about food or timber在講究的食物或木材寫作裡 you would more often see 'infested' or 'worm-eaten'你比較常會看到『infested』或『worm-eaten』。
core核心畫面
組成worm(蟲)+ -y(形容詞字尾,表示「充滿…的、像…的」)。-y 這個字尾非常好用:rain → rainy,dirt → dirty,luck → lucky。
同家族的字
- rainysame -y ending: full of rain.
- dirtysame -y ending: full of dirt.
- worm-eatenshares worm; describes the holes the worms leave rather than the worms themselves.
- earthwormshares worm.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
wormyadj
- 1
Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.
- The Siamese boy brought in plates containing wormy shreds of over-fried egg, seasoned with blackened bits of onion.
- 2
Infested with worms.
- I am your witness. If their Ladyships so much as mention the word FIRE or STEERPIKE, you shall take them with you under wormy ground.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。