1590s (of people), 1855 of insects or maggots; there is no single species known by this name, which is applied to the anolium beetle, silverfishes, and book lice. See book (n.) + worm (n.).
实用例句
1. Reading in a pedantic way may turn you into a bookworm or a bookcase, and has long been opposed.
读死书会变成书呆子,甚至于成为书橱, 早有人反对过了.
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2. Come on. You've become a bookworm.
得了. 你都成了一个书虫了.
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3. Ren Jing considers herself a bit of a bookworm.
任静觉得自己多少可以算得上是个爱读书的人了.
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4. My classmate is a real bookworm. He reads all the time.
我的一个同学真是个书呆子. 他老是在看书.
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5. He is really a mere bookworm lacking human experience.
