shipworms

美 　英

• n.船蛆；鑿船蟲；蛀船蟲

詞形變化

復數(shù)：shipworms  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 船蛆 2. 鑿船蟲 3. 蛀船蟲

英英解釋

n.	1. a burrowing sea mollusk that drills into wood, damaging wharves and ships.

例句

Why shipworms are suddenly able to spread there remains a mystery, but studies suggest rising sea temperatures have something to do with it.

為什么船蛆忽然能擴展它的生存環(huán)境仍然是一個迷，不過研究表明海洋溫度的升高起到了某種作用。

Used in wet sites which are not infested by shipworms, such mangrove piles can outlast non-treated inland hardwoods.

用在沒有船蛀的潮濕地帶，紅樹林木樁的使用壽命超過未經(jīng)處理的陸地硬木。