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Definition of bookworm in English: bookwormnoun ˈbʊkwəːmˈbʊkˌwərm 1informal A person who enjoys reading. 〈非正式〉书呆子；极爱读书者 Example sentencesExamples - The aim is to help encourage more people of all ages to read more books, by proving that reading isn't only for bookworms!
- A usually harmless crowd of bookworms was being searched with metal detectors and sniffed by police dogs.
- But, nevertheless, the happenstance still makes me feel that fate likes to smile every so often upon the introverted bookworms of the world.
- If a queue develops at Lofthouse library, it might not mean the villagers have all become bookworms - it could just be pension day.
- But if anyone was responsible for transforming us into bookworms, they were.
- A rare book containing an original drawing of the world's most popular cartoon bear is still available after bookworms in York failed to snap it up.
- A horse and cart took bookworms back in time as Bradford Council celebrated 100 years of its mobile library service in the city.
- On the other hand, I am something of a bookworm, and nothing appeals to a bookworm more than the opportunity to show off your intellectual brilliance.
- So bookworms, brace yourself up, and spend a fascinating evening at the fair, checking out your favourite books.
- A school is creating a new generation of bookworms with an innovative reading project.
- For those bookworms, there is a library with a vast collection.
- I was slightly on the chubby side then, a complete bookworm and teacher's pet.
- They are courageous, trendy and are no longer bookworms or ‘goody-goody students’.
- The Writers' Week programme has an interesting line-up for young bookworms.
- The on-going literature and fiction book exhibition at the British Library is turning out to be a boon for the bookworms.
- And the news will please music lovers and bookworms.
- Anju, the rebellious bookworm, grows up angry at the world.
- Thanks to these marvellous inventions, bookworms, and others do not have to wrestle with the intricacies of the hieroglyphics.
- To this was added the Fringe and now there are also festivals for intellectual bookworms like me, and even one for people who take television seriously.
- And it's perfect reading for the bookworm to capture over a weekend.
2(especially formerly) the larva of a wood-boring beetle which feeds on the paper and glue in books. 书蛀虫，树叩头虫 Example sentencesExamples - According to him, termites and bookworms damage palm-leaf inscriptions.
- The Clinic has plans to market insecticidal papers which need to be interleafed in books and magazines to keep away silverfish and bookworms, explains Mr. Shaji.
- The bookworm reminds the authors of the vulnerability of books, not only from voracious insects, but also from the acid in the paper that is destroying our books.
Definition of bookworm in US English: bookwormnounˈbʊkˌwərmˈbo͝okˌwərm 1informal A person devoted to reading. 〈非正式〉书呆子；极爱读书者 Example sentencesExamples - If a queue develops at Lofthouse library, it might not mean the villagers have all become bookworms - it could just be pension day.
- And it's perfect reading for the bookworm to capture over a weekend.
- A horse and cart took bookworms back in time as Bradford Council celebrated 100 years of its mobile library service in the city.
- For those bookworms, there is a library with a vast collection.
- Thanks to these marvellous inventions, bookworms, and others do not have to wrestle with the intricacies of the hieroglyphics.
- A school is creating a new generation of bookworms with an innovative reading project.
- On the other hand, I am something of a bookworm, and nothing appeals to a bookworm more than the opportunity to show off your intellectual brilliance.
- The on-going literature and fiction book exhibition at the British Library is turning out to be a boon for the bookworms.
- And the news will please music lovers and bookworms.
- A usually harmless crowd of bookworms was being searched with metal detectors and sniffed by police dogs.
- But, nevertheless, the happenstance still makes me feel that fate likes to smile every so often upon the introverted bookworms of the world.
- Anju, the rebellious bookworm, grows up angry at the world.
- The aim is to help encourage more people of all ages to read more books, by proving that reading isn't only for bookworms!
- A rare book containing an original drawing of the world's most popular cartoon bear is still available after bookworms in York failed to snap it up.
- So bookworms, brace yourself up, and spend a fascinating evening at the fair, checking out your favourite books.
- To this was added the Fringe and now there are also festivals for intellectual bookworms like me, and even one for people who take television seriously.
- They are courageous, trendy and are no longer bookworms or ‘goody-goody students’.
- The Writers' Week programme has an interesting line-up for young bookworms.
- I was slightly on the chubby side then, a complete bookworm and teacher's pet.
- But if anyone was responsible for transforming us into bookworms, they were.
2The larva of a wood-boring beetle that feeds on the paper and glue in books. 书蛀虫，树叩头虫 Example sentencesExamples - The Clinic has plans to market insecticidal papers which need to be interleafed in books and magazines to keep away silverfish and bookworms, explains Mr. Shaji.
- The bookworm reminds the authors of the vulnerability of books, not only from voracious insects, but also from the acid in the paper that is destroying our books.
- According to him, termites and bookworms damage palm-leaf inscriptions.
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