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词汇 grub
释义 grub
noun
uk /ɡrʌb/ us /ɡrʌb/

grubnoun (INSECT)


[ C ]
an insect in the stage when it has just come out of its egg: (昆虫的)幼虫;蛆;蛴螬
A grub looks like a short, fat worm.昆虫的幼虫看上去像一条又短又粗的软虫子。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The development & parts of insects
antenna
caterpillar
chrysalis
cocoon
eclose
eclosion
feeler
larva
larval
maggot
nit
nymph
proboscis
pupal
royal jelly
silkworm
tegmen
thoracic
woodworm
worm

grubnoun (FOOD)


[ U ]informal
food: 食物
I'm starving - let's get some grub.我要饿死了——我们去找点吃的吧。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Food - general words
aliment
bed
bowl of something
box scheme
carb
dry goods
eats
farm box
fast casual
fast food
morsel
munch
non-dairy
non-food
nosh
sustenance
vegetable box
viands
victuals
whole food
grub
verb
uk /ɡrʌb/ us /ɡrʌb/-bb-

grubverb (SEARCH)


[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to search for something by digging or turning over earth: 翻掘;挖掘寻找;搜寻
The dog was grubbing around/about in the mud for a bone.那条狗在泥中刨来扒去找骨头。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal (non-human) behaviour
accidental
apex predator
beg
behave
behaviour
behavioural science
claw
fawn
gambol
groom
homing
housebroken
migrate
monogamous
monogamously
monogamy
murmuration
nocturnal
ravening
scent

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Digging

Phrasal verb


grub something up/out

grub | American Dictionary


grub
noun
us/ɡrʌb/

grubnoun (FOOD)


[ U ]slang
food:
The food was just good, greasy grub.

grubnoun (INSECT)


[ C ]
an insect in the stage when it has just come out of its egg
grub
verb[ T ]
 slangus/ɡrʌb/present participlegrubbing | past tense and past participlegrubbed

grubverb[T] (ASK FOR)


to ask someone to give you something:
Can I grub a sandwich from you?

Examples of grub


grub
More overtly, the unease surfaces in the transgressive identification of grubs as worms.
They have grubbed up to such an extent that soon they will have to import wine in order to satisfy local consumption.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Then there is the grubbing up of orchards, which, hitherto, has been confined to horticultural holdings.
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If one were fighting a war about principle, one would not be money grubbing.
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We are not responsible for grubbing up the hedgerows and damaging biodiversity.
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The grubs were removed from the island for the purpose.
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When the institute talks about hedgerows having been lost, that does not mean that they have been grubbed up and wiped away.
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Indeed, the present grubbing grant will continue to run concurrently with the new grant.
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The grant will be at the full rate of standard grubbing costs.
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Grubbing around in the undergrowth, he though that he had hit on another winner.
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Clause 3 provides for grant for grubbing out orchards, including orchards of this kind.
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What matters is that grant aid for grubbing should be extended to the farmer—and that is what the clause does.
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Nevertheless, he spoke in exactly the same tone—money, money, money, and grubbing, grubbing, grubbing all the way.
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The following morning the grubs were lying in tens of thousands dead on the ground.
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Can my noble friend tell me whether any regulations are in force under which farmers have to ask permission before grubbing out their hedges?
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