worms
Pronunciation: [wә:mz. vɔ:rms]
Average Rank: 11887
Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICTn. 蠕虫(worm的复数)
Detailed Explanations:
- n any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
- 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
- n screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
- v to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty:
UNKNOWN
Word Forms:
1:
s3
0:
worm
Word Frequency Rankings
TV & Movie Scripts
#7118Conversational and colloquial usage
Percentile: 28.8%
(Top 28.8% most frequent)
Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus
Project Gutenberg
#8544Classical and literary usage
Percentile: 14.6%
(Top 14.6% most frequent)
Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus
Insights
This word appears in 2 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across different contexts.