rootle

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发音

其它 /ˈɹuːtəl/

词形变化

rootled rootles 三单 rootles rootling rootling 现在分词 rootled 过去式 rootled 过去分词

别名

routle rookle

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    to dig into the ground, with the snout.

    拱

    Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled.

  2. 2.

    to search for something from a drawer, closet, etc.; to dig out.

    1908, Rudyard Kipling, “Regulus” 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him. 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

root rout

上位词 4

dig delve cut into turn over

词源

From root (“to dig”) + -le (frequentative suffix).

来源：wiktionary