Definition

Noun: * Earthworm: A long, soft-bodied, segmented worm that lives in soil. It is a common type of annelid.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trẻ con thường dùng giun đất để câu cá. (Children often use earthworms for fishing.)
  • Giun đất giúp làm tơi xốp và màu mỡ cho đất. (Earthworms help to aerate and fertilize the soil.)
  • Sau cơn mưa, nhiều con giun đất bò lên mặt đất. (After the rain, many earthworms crawl onto the ground.)

Advanced Usage

• "Mưa dầm giun đất lại lên": A Vietnamese proverb meaning "Persistent rain brings earthworms to the surface." It is often used metaphorically to suggest that persistent effort or a prolonged situation will eventually yield results or reveal the truth.
  • Cứ kiên trì điều tra, mưa dầm giun đất lại lên mà. (Just keep investigating persistently; persistent rain brings earthworms to the surface.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giun (n): Worm. This is the general term.
  • giun chỉ (filarial worm), giun đũa (roundworm), giun kim (pinworm/threadworm).
• Trùn đất (n): A regional/synonymous term for (earthworm), more common in Southern Vietnam.
• Lombric (n): The scientific/French-derived term for earthworm, used in specific contexts like biology.

Synonyms

• Earthworm (n): The direct and most common English equivalent.
• Nightcrawler (n): A common name for large earthworms, especially those used as fishing bait.
• Angleworm (n): Another term for an earthworm used as fishing bait.

Related Phrases

• Bắt giun đất: To catch/collect earthworms.
  • Nó ra vườn bắt giun đất cho đàn gà. (He went to the garden to catch earthworms for the chickens.)
• Mổ giun đất (for birds): To peck at/eat earthworms.
  • Con chim sẻ đang mổ con giun đất. (The sparrow is pecking at an earthworm.)

noun

1. earthworm