grub

英 [ɡrʌb] 美 [ɡrʌb]

• n. [动]蛆；苦工；<非正式>食物
• v. 挖掘；翻掘；搜寻；做苦工

英英释义

Noun:

1. informal terms for a meal

2. a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

Verb:

1. ask for and get free; be a parasite

2. search about busily

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Each of these eggs hatches out into a tiny grub.
   这些虫卵中的每一个都将孵化出一条小幼虫。
2. The grub worked its way into the wood.
   蛴螬渐渐钻入了木头。
3. This looks like a good spot to rustle up some grub.
   这地方好像可以弄到些食物。
4. What he needs is lots of good grub, care and affection.
   他需要的是大量有营养的食物、照料和关怀。

用作动词 (v.)

1. We helped the farmer to grub for potatoes.
   我们帮助农夫挖马铃薯。
2. Pigs are grubbing around in the bushes.
   猪在树丛中乱拱。
3. He tries to grub out his family history.
   他试图发掘自己的家史。
4. He found what he wanted by grubbing around in the library.
   他在图书馆乱翻一通终于找到他想要的资料。

经典引文

• He was talking about some grubs he'd dug up in a crocodile swamp.

  出自：Sunday Express

• Children dressed in cast-offs grubbed in the dirt.

  出自： J. Raban

• The bulldozers were grubbing up pastureland to make the new university.

  出自： A. S. Byatt

词汇搭配

• grub about 翻寻
• grub up 掘出
• Grub Street 葛拉布街
• grub saw 大理石手锯
• cattle grub 牛皮蝇幼虫
• grub out 连根挖
• grub ax 掘根斧
• head grub 头蝇蛆
• grub hoe 掘根锄
• grub screw 木螺丝,埋头螺钉...
• white grub 蛴螬
• grub axe 掘根斧
• nettle grub 中国绿刺蛾,扁刺蛾...
• grub holes 蛴螬孔
• money grubbing 聚敛钱财
• grub around 孜孜不倦地东翻西找...
• grub-street hack 穷文人,雇佣文人,卖...

近反义词

【近义词】

• food 食物
• larva 幼虫
• burrow (兔子等)所掘的地洞...
• dig 挖
• excavate 挖掘
• gouge 用圆凿子挖
• toil 辛苦
• drudge 劳碌的人
• plod 沉重地走
• tunnel 隧道
• nosh 小吃
• victuals 食物
• sustenance 维持生计
• feed 喂养
• maggot 蛆
• caterpillar 毛虫
• creepy-crawly -crawlies 爬行...
• bug 臭虫
• root out 根除
• dig up 挖出
• search 搜寻
• hunt 狩猎
• rummage 到处翻寻
• ferret 白鼬
• slave 奴隶
• forage 粮草
• scoop 铲子
• out 出
• scoop out 舀出
• cadge 乞讨
• chuck 抛掷
• chow 食物
• mooch 乞讨
• sponge 海绵
• EATS <俚>食物
• bum 流浪汉