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

• 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。
• Degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards.
  加利福尼亚退化的象虫一样的蜥蜴，与鳄蜥近缘。
• Any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail.
  沙漠中各种夜间活动的穴居小鼠，有颊囊、长的后退和尾巴。
• Burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United states.
  美国西南部沙漠地区的穴居鼠。
• 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。
• To have become burrowing creatures prompting a fundamental change in body plan.
  进化成洞穴动物，促使身体结构发生根本的变化。
• 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。
• Burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites.
  澳大利亚体表有刺的穴居单孔目动物，有长长的口鼻以及用于捕食蚂蚁和白蚁的爪。
• 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。
• Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter.
  遍及北半球矮壮粗毛的穴居啮齿动物，短尾巴象刷子；冬季蛰居。