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book·worm
/ˈbʊkˌwɚ/
書獃子,蛀書蟲
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Book·worm
n.
1.
Zool.
Any
larva
of
a
beetle
or
moth
,
which
is
injurious
to
books
.
Many
species
are
known
.
2.
A
student
closely
attached
to
books
or
addicted
to
study
;
a
reader
without
appreciation
.
I
wanted
but
a
black
gown
and
a
salary
to
be
as
mere
a
bookworm
as
any
there
.
--
Pope
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
bookworm
n
1:
a
person
who
pays
more
attention
to
formal
rules
and
book
learning
than
they
merit
[
syn
:
pedant
,
scholastic
]
2:
someone
who
spends
a
great
deal
of
time
reading
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