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

• 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。
• Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
  亚洲和北美洲西部多岩丘陵地带的短耳朵穴居的小型哺乳动物。
• 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。
• 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。
• A burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging.
  有适于挖掘的肢体的穴居哺乳动物。
• 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。
• 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。
• Burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon.
  产于印度和锡兰的尾巴上有鳞的穴居鼠。
• 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。
• Fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand.
  产于西太平洋和印度洋的多沙水域的鱼，生有能够在沙中挖洞的三角形口鼻。