burrow

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n. 洞穴, 藏身处 vi. 掘洞穴, 躲藏 vt. 掘, 打洞

发音

UK /ˈbʌɹəʊ/
US /ˈbʌɹoʊ/
US /ˈbɜɹoʊ/

词形变化

burrows 复数 burrows burrowed burrowing burrows 三单 burrowing 现在分词 burrowed 过去式 burrowed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

（兔、狐等的）洞穴，地道；藏身处，住处

动词

挖掘，挖出；在…挖洞（或通道）；使躲入洞穴

动词

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

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

    地洞

  2. 2.

    Obsolete form of barrow (“a mound”).

    废旧
  3. 3.

    Obsolete form of borough (“an incorporated town”).

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To dig a tunnel or hole.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort.

    不及物

    The young girl burrowed into the bed.

  3. 3.

    To investigate thoroughly.

    不及物

    The journalist burrowed into the origins of the mayor's corruption.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

tunnel

上位词 2

hole hollow

下位词 2

warren rabbit warren
动词

同义词 1

tunnel

上位词 4

dig delve cut into turn over

相关短语

burrow duck burrow ducks burrow owl burrowing owl 穴鸮鸟

词源

From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwelling, stronghold, refuge”) (see borough) and thus from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), but this sense is not known in Old English burh. Compare, however, Dutch cognate burcht, which has a similar sense. It may be related to bury (“to dig”), in which case it would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, defend, save, preserve”).

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