burrow

英 ['bʌrəʊ] 美 ['bɜːroʊ]

• n. (兔子等)所掘的地洞
• vt. 挖掘(洞穴)；钻进
• vi. 翻寻；挖洞

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 挖掘(洞穴)；挖洞

   make sth by digging

2. vi. 搜寻

   research

n. (名词)

1. [C]地洞

   hole;tunnel

英英释义

Noun:

1. a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

Verb:

1. move through by or as by digging;

   "burrow through the forest"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The ideal riverbank is crumbly enough for the birds to excavate a nesting burrow with their beaks.
   理想的河岸边土壤很松软，这些鸟可以很轻松的用自己喙去凿出适合做窝的地洞。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. You burrow and rankle in his heart!
   你挖掘并折磨他的心灵！
2. Burrow beneath laudatory headlines on business and political leaders, and it becomes clear that the strategy works.
   挖掘赞誉标题背后的商政要人，这个策略已变得有效。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Nobody comes to visit me, although a mouse did burrow into my cabin once.
   没有人来拜访我，不过确实有一只耗子曾挖洞来过我的小木屋。
2. The footing corals start to anchor down on the loose rocks, and the subterranean sponges burrow underneath.
   基脚珊瑚开始向下扎根到松散的岩石中，而身处地下的海绵会在底下挖洞。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Rats had burrowed into the bank of the river.
   老鼠在河岸上打洞。
2. They were burrowing for a book in the library.
   他们在图书馆搜寻一本书。

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. They burrowed a hole under a tree.
   他们在一棵树下挖了一个洞。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The rabbits hid in the burrows.
   兔子躲在地洞中。

经典引文

• An infant..Left by neglect, and burrowed in that bed.

  出自： G. Crabbe

• He..burrowed a drowsy head into the cushions.

  出自： J. Buchan

词汇搭配

• burrow system 潜穴系统
• rabbit burrow 兔子洞
• burrow a shaft through snow 在积雪中开隧道...
• mole burrow 动物穴

近反义词

【近义词】

• tunnel 隧道
• dig 挖
• excavate 挖掘
• search 搜寻
• den 兽穴
• hole 洞
• warren 养兔场
• lair (野兽的)巢穴...
• hideaway 隐匿处
• earth 地球
• sett 小方石
• channel 频道
• investigate 调查
• scrabble 爬寻
• nestle 依偎
• snuggle 依偎
• cuddle 怀抱
• seek 寻求
• hunt 狩猎
• gouge 用圆凿子挖
• grub [动]蛆
• couch 长椅
• ditch 沟渠
• underground 地下的