earworm

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɪəwɜːm/    美 /ˈɪ(ə)ɹˌwɚm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
    — The chorus [of "Meeting in the Ladies Room" by Klymaxx] spawned an earworm so potent that women still mutter it as they exit for a bathroom break twenty years later.
  2. Ellipsis of corn earworm (“larva of the moths Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, which are agricultural pests”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — I had planned in mind to tell you [...] how I protected, that is, guaranteed, Evergreen sweet corn against the bud worm and the ear worm; [...]
  3. An earwig; an insect of the order Dermaptera}}. archaic
    — Earwig, [...] The ear-worm or grub, a well-known insect, with large transparent wings, which eats fruit and flower-leaves, and has been erroneously supposed to creep into the human brain through the ear; [...]

词形变化

earworms plural ear worm alternative ear-worm alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
earwormy
相关词
brainworm ear candy earsore food noise

词源

From ear + worm; senses 1 and 3 (“tune that keeps replaying in one’s head”; “earwig”) are a calque of German Ohrwurm (“tune that pops up in one’s memory all the time; earwig”) (from the idea of a creature burrowing into the ear, an erroneous belief where earwigs are concerned), while sense 2 (“moth larva”) refers to the fact that these pests infest, among other things, ears of maize or sweet corn.
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