worms

Pronunciation: [wә:mz. vɔ:rms]

Average Rank: 11887

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 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
#7118

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 28.8% (Top 28.8% most frequent)
28.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#8544

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 14.6% (Top 14.6% most frequent)
14.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 2 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across different contexts.