bookworm
/ˈbʊkwɜːm/noun
उच्चारण बुक्वर्म
किताबी कीड़ा, पढ़ाकू
Core word
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[C] informal
a person who likes reading very much and spends a lot of time reading
किताबी कीड़ा, पढ़ाकू
- Radhika has always been a bookworm and finishes a novel every week.
- A true bookworm, he spent every holiday in the library.
- The little bookworm hid behind a novel on every trip.
+ 2 more examples
- Her father, a bookworm too, filled the house with books.
- He was no bookworm, but he enjoyed a good detective story.
Synonyms reader bibliophile scholar
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a bookworm (countable noun, informal)
A bookworm is a person who loves reading and spends much time with books. The tone is usually friendly.
Bookworm वह व्यक्ति है जिसे पढ़ना बहुत पसंद है और जो किताबों में बहुत समय बिताता है। इसका भाव प्रायः स्नेहपूर्ण होता है।
- Radhika is a real bookworm and finishes a novel in two days.
- He was a bookworm even as a child.
be a bit of a bookworm
A bit of a softens the word.
'A bit of a' शब्द को नरम बना देता है।
- I am a bit of a bookworm; I rarely go out.
bookworm (insect larva)
In its literal sense, a bookworm is an insect larva that eats the paper of old books.
शाब्दिक अर्थ में bookworm उस कीट का लार्वा है जो पुरानी किताबों का काग़ज़ खाता है।
- Bookworms had damaged the old manuscript.
bookworm vs reader vs scholar
A reader reads, a scholar studies deeply, and a bookworm simply loves to read; the word is friendly.
Reader पढ़ता है, scholar गहन अध्ययन करता है, और bookworm को बस पढ़ना पसंद है; यह शब्द स्नेहपूर्ण है।
- He is a scholar, but she is a bookworm.
bookworm + who
Use who with bookworm, because it refers to a person.
Bookworm व्यक्ति के लिए है, इसलिए 'who' आता है।
- She is a bookworm who reads at the bus stop.
+Collocations 4
adjective + bookworm
realseriousnaturalconfirmedlifelong
- She is a lifelong bookworm.
verb + bookworm
bebecometurn intocall someone
- He turned into a bookworm after joining the library.
bookworm + noun
friendstypeclubhabits
- The school started a bookworm club.
bookworm + habit
reads latehaunts librariesforgets mealscollects novels
- A bookworm collects novels and forgets meals.
“More examples 7
- The bookworm spent the whole holiday in the library.
Bookworm ने पूरी छुट्टी पुस्तकालय में बिता दी।
- My sister is such a bookworm that she reads while eating.
मेरी बहन इतनी बड़ी bookworm है कि खाते समय भी पढ़ती है।
- Don't be a bookworm only; play outside as well.
केवल bookworm मत बनो; बाहर खेलो भी।
- Every class has one bookworm who knows all the answers.
हर कक्षा में एक bookworm होता है जिसे सारे उत्तर आते हैं।
- A bookworm had eaten holes in the pages of the old atlas.
एक कीड़े ने पुराने atlas के पन्नों में छेद कर दिए थे।
- Radhika's grandmother is a bookworm who reads the Ramayana every evening.
राधिका की दादी bookworm हैं और हर शाम रामायण पढ़ती हैं।
- The librarian knew every bookworm in the school by name.
पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष स्कूल के हर bookworm को नाम से जानता था।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ She is very bookworm.
✓ She is a real bookworm.
Bookworm is a noun, so it needs an article and not very.
'Bookworm' noun है, इसलिए article चाहिए और 'very' नहीं लगता।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who loves or collects books is a bibliophile.
किताबों से प्रेम करने वाला या उन्हें इकट्ठा करने वाला व्यक्ति bibliophile कहलाता है।