English Dictionary

cankerworm

名詞

比喩的用法

Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves. / (figuratively) A corrupting or destructive force.

日本語の意味

ジオメトリドモス科の蛾の幼虫で、果実、つぼみ、葉などを食害する毛虫の一種。 / 比喩的に、組織やコミュニティなどにおいて腐敗や破壊をもたらす破壊的な力を意味する。

In spring, a single cankerworm outbreak can defoliate young apple trees within days, threatening the entire orchard.

春になると、シャクガ科の幼虫の大発生がわずか数日で若いリンゴの木の葉を食い尽くし、果樹園全体を危険にさらすことがある。

意味（1）

Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A corrupting or destructive force.

O cursed Eld the cankerworme of writs, / How may these rimes, so rude as doth appeare, / Hope to endure, sith workes of heauenly wits / Are quite deuourd, and brought to nought by little bits?

cankerworms （ plural ）