worms

Worms have a lifespan of a few months .

蠕虫的寿命为几个月。

But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply ＂ millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic ．＂

但她希望通过某种工业流程使用这种化学物质，而不是简单地"把数百万条蠕虫扔在塑料上"

This apple is full of worms .

这个苹果生满了虫子。

The worm has a segmented body .

这条虫子的身体是分节的。

The dog has worms .

这条狗体内有寄生虫。

She never misses a chance to worm her way into the public 's hearts

她从不放过任何博取公众欢心的机会。

I worm all my birds in early spring

早春的时候我给我所有的鸟打虫。

The worms cannot be seen by the naked eye

这些虫子用肉眼看不见。

Drug abuse is a can of worms nobody wants to open at sporting events .

滥用药物是体育赛事中无人想要触及的棘手问题。

You 've opened up a whole new can of worms here I think . We could have a whole debate on student loans and grants

我认为你在此引发了一个极为棘手的全新问题，我们可能会就学生贷款和助学金展开一次大辩论。

I had to worm my way out sideways from the bench in a ridiculous , undignified fashion

我侧着身子艰难地从长凳上移开，那个样子很可笑，很不雅观。

Now the worm turns , and his wife Elizabeth chucks him out and takes a lover herself .

现在他妻子伊丽莎白被逼急了，把他撵了出去，自己找了个情人。

The serious buying happens between 6 and 8am , and it is very much the case that the early bird catches the worm .

大量的购买集中在早晨6点到8点之间，那时的情况真的就是先到先得。

Worms work well as fishing bait .

小虫子是很好的鱼饵。

This tree has been eaten hollow by worms .

这棵树被虫子蛀空了。

The worm was crushed under the feet .

虫被脚踏扁了。

Don 't you know the crushed worm will turn ? Why are you so lacking in vigilance ?

你不知道困兽犹斗吗？为什么这样麻痹大意？

My father opened a real can of worms when he took over the ailing company and tried to get it doing business .

当我父亲接管一家处境困难的公司并试图重振业务时，他确实碰到了棘手的问题。

These peaches are full of worms .

这些桃子生了很多虫。

Most worms cocoon in winter .

冬天多数虫子作茧。

He dug up some worms for bait .

他挖了些虫做鱼饵。

He was a yellow gutless worm .

他是个胆小的、没勇气的可怜虫。

The glowworm isn 't a worm .

萤火虫不是蠕虫。

Plastic-Eating Worms Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year ．

吃塑料的虫子。人类每年生产超过3亿吨塑料。

Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes ?

它是由蠕虫自身产生的酶还是由肠道微生物产生的酶?

So far there is no effective way to get rid of it , but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms ．

到目前为止,还没有有效的方法来清除它,但是一项新的研究表明,答案可能就在一些饥饿的蠕虫的肚子里。

Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene , which accounts for 40 % of plastics ．

西班牙和英国的研究人员最近发现,大蜡蛾的幼虫可以分解占塑料40%的聚乙烯。

To confirm that the worms ' chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown , the researchers made some worms into paste and applied it to plastic films ．

为了证实蠕虫并不能光靠咀嚼就导致聚乙烯破裂，研究人员将一些虫子制成糊状物并放到塑料薄膜上。

Federica Bertocchini , co-author of the study , says the worms ' ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic ．

这项研究的合著者费德丽卡·贝尔托基尼说,蠕虫分解日常食物的能力也就是蜂蜡的能力，可以让它们分解塑料。

The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours , and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams , or almost 3 % of it ．

研究小组在一个商业聚乙烯购物袋里放置了100个蜡螟蠕虫，12小时后，这些蜡虫消耗并分解了大约92毫克的塑料，几乎占总数的3%。