| 单词 | glow-worm |
| 释义 | glow-worm noun[C] uk/ˈɡləʊ.wɜːm/us/ˈɡloʊ.wɝːm/abeetle, thefemalesandyoungof whichproduceagreenlightfrom thetail 萤火虫 Ali Majdfar/Moment/GettyImages Insect names
Examplesofglow-wormglow-worm Not only the splendor of the sun, but the glimmering light of theglow-worm, proclaim his glory. FromProject Gutenberg Her face was in shadow now, but there was aglow-wormlight in her beautiful eyes that seemed faintly to illuminate her whole face. FromProject Gutenberg Is there not some flavor of the sun andglow-wormhere? FromProject Gutenberg Then somewhere ahead of him he caught a moving glow, like that of a crawlingglow-worm. FromProject Gutenberg The sunset glories faded, while avenues of living white andglow-wormgreen lights sprang into being. FromProject Gutenberg She went thither with a dark lantern, which could but twinkle like aglow-wormthrough the volume of obscurity that filled the great, dusky edifice. FromProject Gutenberg She was one shine and shiver of diamonds, from head to foot;--she palpitated light, like aglow-worm. FromProject Gutenberg It looked scarcely larger than the lamp of aglow-worm, but it shone out very distinct in the darkness. FromProject Gutenberg As he came near that smotheredglow-wormof a street-lamp it assumed for him the betraying glare of a huge spot-light. FromProject Gutenberg Theglow-wormderives the first part of its name from its luminosity, and the second from its worm-like appearance. FromProject Gutenberg With a sigh, theglow-wormturned away from his listeners and crept back again into the dark passage. FromProject Gutenberg Aglow-wormtwinkled in the grass under the hedge, but no ray of light pierced the impenetrable gloom within. FromProject Gutenberg Now and then you may see the larva of one of these, which is theglow-wormbeside the path. FromProject Gutenberg It was aglow-worm, who obligingly offered to light the way for them. FromProject Gutenberg There was nothing now in the world but himself and thisglow-wormwandering across his hand. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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