1A hole made by a burrowing insect larva or worm in wood, fruit, books, or other materials.
蛀洞，蛀孔
Example sentencesExamples
I see the knot as the branch it used to be and the wormhole as the food source and home for the bug.
2Physics A hypothetical connection between widely separated regions of space–time.
〔物〕蠕虫洞（连接相隔很远的时空区域的假设通道）
Example sentencesExamples
As theoretical objects, wormholes were invented and named in the late 1950s by American physicist John Archibald Wheeler, an early pioneer in the quest for quantum gravity.
These wormholes connect not only two regions of space (hence the name) but also two regions of time as well.
When I was in high school, I gave a presentation on black holes, wormholes and time travel for my physics class.
These rifts can only be described as wormholes.
Now a wormhole is a bit like a black hole only different.
Definition of wormhole in US English:
wormhole
nounˈwərmˌhoʊlˈwərmˌhōl
1A hole made by a burrowing insect larva or worm in wood, fruit, books, or other materials.
蛀洞，蛀孔
Example sentencesExamples
I see the knot as the branch it used to be and the wormhole as the food source and home for the bug.
1.1Physics A hypothetical connection between widely separated regions of space-time.
〔物〕蠕虫洞（连接相隔很远的时空区域的假设通道）
Example sentencesExamples
Now a wormhole is a bit like a black hole only different.
These wormholes connect not only two regions of space (hence the name) but also two regions of time as well.
When I was in high school, I gave a presentation on black holes, wormholes and time travel for my physics class.
These rifts can only be described as wormholes.
As theoretical objects, wormholes were invented and named in the late 1950s by American physicist John Archibald Wheeler, an early pioneer in the quest for quantum gravity.