burrowing

英 [ˈbʌrəʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈbɜːroʊɪŋ]

v.  挖掘(洞或洞穴通道); 挖洞; 偎依; 使…钻到(…下面); (在…里)搜寻
burrow的现在分词

复数：burrowings　现在分词：burrowing　

BNC.38856 / COCA.35353

柯林斯词典

• (兔子等动物掘的）洞穴，地洞
  Aburrowis a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
• VERB 钻地道；挖洞
  If an animalburrowsinto the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole.
  1. The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
     幼虫钻进了地板的缝隙里。
• VERB 翻找；搜寻
  If youburrowin a container or pile of things, you search there for something using your hands.
  1. He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly.
     他非常紧张地在一堆图表中翻找。
  2. ...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
• VERB 依偎；紧靠
  If youburrowinto something, you move underneath it or press against it, usually in order to feel warmer or safer.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates.
  善于挖洞的主要在夜间活动的哺乳动物，体表有坚固的角质鳞片。
• The control effects of four nematicides against burrowing nematodes Radopholus similis on Anthurium andraeanum were tested by pot experiments.
  通过盆栽试验，测定了杀线虫剂克线磷、福气多、涕灭威、卡线特对红掌相似穿孔线虫病的防治效果。
• Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches.
  东半球短尾巴的穴居鼠，长有大颊囊。
• Large openings are formed by burrowing animals. a large cave or a large chamber in a cave.
  穴居动物还造成了更大的洞隙。巨大的洞穴或洞穴中的巨大堂室。
• Tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages.
  热带海生穴居甲壳动物，有大的易于抓东西的附肢。
• What are you burrowing around in my drawer for?
  你在我抽屉里乱翻什么？
• Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind.
  眼睛非常小的无腿穴居的欧洲小蜥蜴；一般被认为是瞎子。
• The dragon had been systematically ripping apart warriors below, digging through them the way a burrowing animal would soft earth.
  在龙进行了系统撕裂下面的战士，通过他们挖一洞穴动物的方式将软土。
• Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America.
  衣囊鼠科的穴居啮齿类动物，有大的外颊囊；产于美洲中部和北美洲西南部。
• 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。