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单词 shipworm
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shipworm
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʃɪp.wɜːm/us
/ˈʃɪp.wɜ˞ːm/
pluralshipwormsororshipworm(alsoteredo,uk
/təˈriː.dəʊ/us/təˈriː.doʊ/)
atypeofmollusc(= atypeofcreaturethat has asoftbody, nospine, and is oftencoveredwith ashell)thatlivesin theseaand that candamagewoodenstructuresby makingholesin them:
船蛆
People incoastaltownsbegannoticingthat shipworms wereeatingthroughtheirdocks.住在沿海小镇的人开始注意到，蛀船虫正在吞噬他们的码头。
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  • In 1980 anattackof shipworm on the Barmouthviaductnearlyforcedtheclosureof theCambrianCoastLine.
  • Why shipworms aresuddenlysurvivingin Maine inplaceswhere they haven't before is still anunansweredquestion.
  • One of the mostnotoriousfor thedamageit cancausetounprotectedwoodenboatsandpiersis the shipworm, Teredo.
  • Hisshipswerereducedtospongesby shipworm andeventuallyscuttled.
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(Definition ofshipwormfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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This was principally because the logs, which were often left for long periods in the water due to the poor and infrequent steamer services, became infested with teredos or shipworms.
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Gribbles, shipworms and bacteria decompose the wood and gradually turn it into nutrients that are reintroduced to the food web.
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Some damaged timbers were found to be infested with shipworms, which required careful removal to ensure they did not spread throughout the hull.
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Theshipwormlives in waters with oceanic salinity.
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The bridge supports had been weakened by the marine mollusc teredo navalis (commonly known asshipworm).
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The drag from the hull growth cut the speed and theshipwormcaused severe hull damage, especially in tropical waters.
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Its lightweight wood (specific gravity of 0.27) is resistant to termites and shipworms, so is used as timber for structures and outrigger canoes.
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Shipworms penetrated the copper sheathing at the nail holes, however, making the effort an expensive failure.
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Thus, it was also used to sheathe the piles of piers in tropical seas, as a protection against teredo shipworms, and in locomotive tubes.
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A large log is present in the park, and this is full of tubularshipwormfossils.
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The new bridge cost $26,700, not including $362 to remove theshipworm-infested remains of the 1869 wooden bridge.
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These poles had been eaten byshipworm.
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What does present a problem is that in order for the silica to be effective against shipworms it needs to dry to some degree in order to harden.
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