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bookworm (n.)
[bookworm 词源字典]
1590s (of people), 1855 of insects or maggots; there is no single species known by this name, which is applied to the anolium beetle, silverfishes, and book lice. See
book
(n.) +
worm
(n.).
[bookworm etymology, bookworm origin, 英语词源]