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  • a calabash
  • a calabash shell serving as a dipper
  • a dipper
  • wood-boring insect
  • bore into wood

1 用瓠瓜做成的水瓢。《广韵.平声.戈韵》:「蠡,瓠瓢也。」《汉书.卷六五.东方朔传》:「语曰:『以筦闚天,以蠡测海,以莛撞钟。』」

1 虫子蛀食木头。《说文解字.○部》:「蠡,虫齧木中也。」清.段玉裁.注:「此非虫名,乃谓蠹之食木曰蠡也。」
1 器物用久剥落、腐蚀的样子。明.张自烈《正字通.虫部》:「凡器物用久剥落若虫蚀者谓之蠡。」

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