burrow
英 ['bʌrəʊ]
美['bɝro]
- vi. 探索，寻找；挖地洞，挖通道；住入地洞，躲藏起来；钻进某处；偎依著
- vt. 挖掘，挖出；在…挖洞（或通道）；使躲入洞穴
- n. （兔、狐等的）洞穴，地道；藏身处，住处
- n. (Burrow)人名；(英)伯罗
词态变化
复数: burrows;第三人称单数: burrows;过去式: burrowed;过去分词: burrowed;现在分词: burrowing;
助记提示
1. *burg- / *bourg- 'protect, fortress' (whence also bury), a variant of *berg- (source of English barrow 'mound' and German berg 'mountain, hill') and *borg- (source of English borrow).
2. *burg- / *bourg- meaning began to change from 'fortress', through 'fortified town', to simply 'town'.
3. *burg- 'protect, fortress' => burrow.
4. => the place used to protect or fortress.
5. burrow：扒肉。肉埋在洞里了，挖开洞把肉扒出来——挖洞；地洞。
6. 谐音“扒喽，扒露”----扒开洞穴喽，扒开泥土露出洞穴。
7. bury => burrow.
2. *burg- / *bourg- meaning began to change from 'fortress', through 'fortified town', to simply 'town'.
3. *burg- 'protect, fortress' => burrow.
4. => the place used to protect or fortress.
5. burrow：扒肉。肉埋在洞里了，挖开洞把肉扒出来——挖洞；地洞。
6. 谐音“扒喽，扒露”----扒开洞穴喽，扒开泥土露出洞穴。
7. bury => burrow.
中文词源
burrow 打洞
词源同bury, 保护，埋藏。
英英释意
- 1. a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter
英文词源
- burrow
- burrow: see borough
- burrow (n.)
- "rabbit-hole, fox-hole, etc.," c. 1300, borewe, from Old English burgh "stronghold, fortress" (see borough); influenced by bergh "hill," and berwen "to defend, take refuge."
- burrow (v.)
- c. 1600, "to place in a burrow, from burrow (n.). Figuratively (such as to burrow (one's) head) by 1862. Intransitive sense, "to bore one's way into, penetrate" is from 1610s, originally figurative (literal sense, of animals, attested by 1771). Related: Burrowed; borrowing.
实用场景例句
- Earthworms burrow deep into the soil.
- 蚯蚓钻土很深。
牛津词典
- The rodent burrowed its way into the sand.
- 这只鼠掘洞钻进沙里。
牛津词典
- He burrowed down beneath the blankets.
- 他钻到毯子下面。
牛津词典
- She burrowed her face into his chest.
- 她把脸埋进他的怀里。
牛津词典
- She burrowed in the drawer for a pair of socks.
- 她在抽屉里翻找一双袜子。
牛津词典
- He was afraid that they would burrow into his past.
- 他担心他们会追查他的过去。
牛津词典
- The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
- 幼虫钻进了地板的缝隙里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly.
- 他非常紧张地在一堆图表中翻找。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the enthusiasm with which he burrowed through old records in search of facts.
- 他为了弄清事实真相而翻查老档案的热情
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She turned her face away from him, burrowing into her heap of covers.
- 她侧过脸背向他，钻进她那堆被子里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Imagine you are poking a stick into an animal's burrow.
- 大家不妨设想一下这样的情景:将一根枝条插进动物的洞穴里.
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- The house is still but a sort of porch at the entrance a burrow.
- 所谓房屋,还只不过是地洞入口处的一些门面而已.
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- You burrow and rankle in his heart!
- 你挖掘并折磨他的心灵!
英汉文学 - 红字
- The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.
- 狗把兔子追进了洞穴.
《简明英汉词典》
- To avoid predators, they'll burrow even deeper, leaving only a hole for breathing.
- 为了避免掠食者, 它们会挖洞甚至更深, 只留下一小孔为了呼吸.引自:“美国国家地理杂志”,当天的图片.
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- I shall come down your burrow and chivvy you out like an old stoat.
- 我要钻进你的地洞里去,象赶一只老鼬鼠一般把你赶出来.
辞典例句
- The turtle hibernates in a shallow burrow for six months of the year.
- 海龟一年在一个浅洞中冬眠六个月.
《简明英汉词典》
- Tilling soil to loose consistency gives turtles plenty of places to burrow for security.
- 要经常翻耕土壤,保持土壤松散,好让箱龟挖掘很多的洞穴来隐藏自己.
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- Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.
- 蚯蚓深深地钻进底土.
《简明英汉词典》
- This zerg force can't shoot air units, so they're forced to burrow underground to safety.
- 这支虫族部队无法射击空中部队, 因此他们被迫钻入地底以求安全.
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- Lance Burrow was arrested a half block away.
- 另一人蓝斯.柏洛在半个接头外被捕.
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- The squirrel stores nuts in its burrow.
- 小松鼠将干果贮藏在地洞里.
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- According to a police report, Burrow was aand wearing a wig.
- 根据警方报告, 柏洛男扮女装,还戴假发.
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- Burrow the tailbone down toward the floor, and keep your back muscles soft.
- 将尾椎骨尽量靠向地板方向以使背部肌肉保持柔软.
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- The fox likes to live in a burrow; it's warm in winter and cool in summer.
- 狐狸喜欢住在洞穴里; 因为它冬暖夏凉.
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- They dig a Burrow as deep as 30 ft ( 9 m ) .
- 它们挖深约9 公尺 的洞穴.
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- While doing this it usually keeps its tail in its burrow.
- 此时它经常将尾藏于穴中.
辞典例句
- With the new trap, the rat catcher still forces smoke into the burrow.
- 用这种新型捕鼠器, 捕鼠人仍然要将烟灌入鼠洞内.
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- This is, in fact the clue which leads us to where the Burrow actually is.
- 这事实上是把我们引向陋居实际在哪里的线索.
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- The burrow depth of Uca formosensis reaches approximately one meter in the high intertidal zone.
- 图37.栖息在高潮线地区的台湾招潮,其洞穴深可达一公尺.
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