shipworm

英汉释义

• n.

  1.船蛆

  2.凿船虫

  3.蛀船虫

英英释义

• n.

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

英汉例句

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

  为什么船蛆忽然能扩展它的生存环境仍然是一个迷，不过研究表明海洋温度的升高起到了某种作用。

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

  用在没有船蛀的潮湿地带，红树林木桩的使用寿命超过未经处理的陆地硬木。