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单词 slow-worm
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Definition of slow-worm in English:

slow-worm

noun ˈsləʊwəːmˈsloʊˌwərm
  • A small Eurasian legless lizard that resembles a snake and is typically brownish or copper-coloured. Slow-worms give birth to live young.

    慢缺肢蜥。亦称BLINDWORM

    Anguis fragilis, family Anguidae

    Also called blindworm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other features that had to be considered were protection of trees, shrubs, slow-worms and grass snakes.
    • A battle followed to save some of the sites with slow-worms, which delayed building work as English Heritage had to clear the site.
    • Ground and rove beetles, centipedes, frogs and toads, slow-worms, hedgehogs and many species of birds all eat significant numbers of slugs.
    • But carefully protect the stripy ones and the slow-worms under the carpet.
    • There are also reptiles, like adders or grass snakes, slow-worms and lizards that are prone to fire damage because they cannot get out quickly enough.
    • Our top 30 of garden creatures includes toads, slow-worms, dragonflies and even the humble earthworm.
    • Celia Fiennes nearly fell off her horse in 1698 and found Ely ‘the dirtiest place I ever saw a perfect quagmire, the whole city I had frogs and slow-worms and snails in my room.’

Origin

Old English slāwyrm, from slā- (of uncertain origin) + wyrm 'snake'.

Definition of slow-worm in US English:

slow-worm

nounˈsloʊˌwərmˈslōˌwərm
  • A small Eurasian legless lizard that resembles a snake and is typically brownish or copper-colored. Slow-worms give birth to live young.

    慢缺肢蜥。亦称BLINDWORM

    Anguis fragilis, family Anguidae

    Also called blindworm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A battle followed to save some of the sites with slow-worms, which delayed building work as English Heritage had to clear the site.
    • There are also reptiles, like adders or grass snakes, slow-worms and lizards that are prone to fire damage because they cannot get out quickly enough.
    • Other features that had to be considered were protection of trees, shrubs, slow-worms and grass snakes.
    • Our top 30 of garden creatures includes toads, slow-worms, dragonflies and even the humble earthworm.
    • Ground and rove beetles, centipedes, frogs and toads, slow-worms, hedgehogs and many species of birds all eat significant numbers of slugs.
    • Celia Fiennes nearly fell off her horse in 1698 and found Ely ‘the dirtiest place I ever saw a perfect quagmire, the whole city I had frogs and slow-worms and snails in my room.’
    • But carefully protect the stripy ones and the slow-worms under the carpet.

Origin

Old English slāwyrm, from slā- (of uncertain origin) + wyrm ‘snake’.

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