bookworm

ˈbʊkwɜːrm

Definition

Definition of bookworm - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

avid readerperson who loves reading books

She is a bookworm who reads every night.

bibliophile

studious personsomeone overly focused on studying

He is a bookworm who rarely goes out.

intellectual

nerd

scholar

bugsmall insect that damages books

The library was infested with bookworms.

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be a bookworm

spend much time reading

He prefers to be a bookworm rather than go out.

Origin of bookworm

English, book (book) + worm (worm)

Examples of bookworm in a sentence

As a child, she was a bookworm, always lost in stories.
The bookworm spent hours in the library.
As a bookworm, she excelled in academics.
A bookworm had chewed through the old novel's cover.
The archivist found a bookworm inside the damaged volume.

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French:rat de bibliothèque, intello, ...
German:Bücherwurm, Papierfischchen, ...
Italian:topo di biblioteca, studioso, ...
Spanish:ratón de biblioteca, carcoma, ...
Portuguese:devoradora de livros, traça, ...
Chinese:书虫, 书呆子, ...
Japanese:本の虫, 勉強家, ...
Arabic:دُودَةُ كُتُب, مُحِبُّ القِراءَة, ...
Hebrew:תּוֹלַעַת סְפָרִים, עָשׁ סְפָרִים, ...
Russian:книжный червь, ботаник, ...
Ukrainian:книголюб, книжковий черв'як, ...
Hindi:किताबों का कीड़ा, पुस्तक कीड़ा, ...
Bengali:বইপোকা, পুস্তককীট, ...
Catalan:lector empedreït, estudiós, ...
Czech:knihomol, šprt, ...
Danish:læsehest, en bogorm, ...
Dutch:boekenwurm, studiebol, ...
Greek:βιβλιοφάγος, ψείρα των βιβλίων, ...
Hungarian:könyvmoly, stréber, ...
Khmer:អ្នកស្រឡាញ់អានសៀវភៅ, មនុស្សស្រឡាញ់ការសិក្សា, ...
Korean:책벌레, 공부벌레, ...
Persian:کتاب‌خوان, درس‌خوان, ...
Polish:mól książkowy, kujon, ...
Portuguese (BR):rata de biblioteca, rato de biblioteca, ...
Romanian:șoarece de bibliotecă, tocilar, ...
Swedish:bokmal, plugghäst, ...
Thai:หนอนหนังสือ, คนขยันเรียน, ...
Turkish:kitap kurdu, kitaplara zarar veren küçük böcek, ...
Vietnamese:người mê đọc sách, người chăm học, ...

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