burrow

['bʌrəu]

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

例句与用法:

The child burrowed under the bedclothes.

那孩子在被窝里钻来钻去。

What are you burrowing around in my drawer for?

你在我抽屉里乱翻什么?

The rabbit burrowed under the fence.

兔子在篱笆下打洞。

It's said that a rabbit usually will have more than one burrows.

据说兔子有不止一个洞穴。

She burrowed her head into my shoulder.

她把头紧靠在我的肩膀上。

词形变化:

名词: burrower | 动词过去式: burrowed | 动词过去分词: burrowed | 动词现在分词: burrowing | 动词第三人称单数: burrows |

详细释义:

n.[C]

1. (兔、狐等的)洞穴, 地道

2. 隐藏处; 住处

vt.

1. 在……挖洞(或通道)

2. 使躲入洞穴

The runaway burrowed himself into a corner.

逃犯躲进了一个角落里。

3. 挖掘, 挖出

The fox burrowed several holes near the haystack.

那头狐狸在草堆附近挖了几个洞。

vi.

1. 挖地洞, 挖通道

The mole quickly burrowed out of sight.

鼹鼠很快地在地上钻了一个洞, 不见了。

2. 住入地洞; 躲藏起来, 潜伏

3. 钻进某处(或某组织)

4. 寻找, 探索

I had to burrow in the library for the books I needed.

我只好在图书馆搜寻我所需要的书。

5. 偎依着