bookworm [
'bukwә:m]
n. 书呆子, 蛀书虫
- No. a ratty-hair bookworm, in this day and age?
噢!现在都什么时代了,还有这种满头邋遢头发的书呆子? - A shepherd who cannot read will known more about sheep than the wisest bookworm.
一个不识字的放羊娃在有关羊的知识方面比饱读诗书的人所懂得要多得多。 - I don't want to be a bookworm.
我只是不想成为一个“书虫”。
bookworm[ noun ]- a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
<noun.person>
- someone who spends a great deal of time reading
<noun.person>
Bookworm \Book"worm`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is
injurious to books. Many species are known.
2. A student closely attached to books or addicted to study;
a reader without appreciation.
I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere
a bookworm as any there. --Pope.
- I was a bookworm and a tomboy and very shy.