| 词汇 | burrow |
| 释义 | burrow noun[ C ] uk /ˈbʌr.əʊ/ us /ˈbɝː.oʊ/ a hole in the ground dug by an animal such as a rabbit, especially to live in（尤指动物挖掘居住的）洞穴，地道 Barcroft Media / Contributor/Barcroft Media/GettyImages Animal dwellings - natural anthill arboreal biome byre cobweb cobwebby earth foxhole guest habitat hole holt lair lodge molehill rookery sett spider's web warren wildlife corridor burrow verb uk /ˈbʌr.əʊ/ us /ˈbɝː.oʊ/ [ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to dig a hole in the ground, especially to live in: （尤指为居住）打洞，掘洞 Rats had burrowed into the bank of the river.老鼠在河岸上打了洞。 [ T+ adv/prep ] to move yourself into a position where you can feel warm, comfortable, or safe: （舒适、温暖或安全地）躲进，钻入；偎依 Suddenly shy, our young daughter burrowed her head into my shoulder.我们的小女儿突然感到害羞了，将头靠在我的肩膀上。 [ I+ adv/prep ] to search for something, as if by digging: 翻找，搜寻 I burrowed through the clothes in the drawer looking for a clean pair of socks.我在抽屉里的衣服里翻找一双干净的袜子。 Digging borer break groundidiom dig dig (yourself) in dig someone/something out dig something up drill excavate excavator furrow grub mine plough plough something back/in quarry redrill root root something out/up sink tunnel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Comfortable and uncomfortable Searching burrow | American Dictionaryburrow noun[ C ] us/ˈbɜr·oʊ, ˈbʌr·oʊ/ a hole dug in the ground that an animal, such as a rabbit, lives in burrowverb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]us/ˈbɜr·oʊ, ˈbʌ·roʊ/ Moles burrowed under our lawn. Examples of burrowburrow Two burrows were randomly selected for the addition of water to the sand. All burrows were checked for puparia at two-weekly intervals. The present study shows that burrows also serve as larval deposition sites, but only for a few months each year. Here the soil was black and crumbly, so damp that worms burrowed it all year round. Following entry into the liver, the fluke burrows through the liver parenchyma before reaching its final site in the bile duct. Small islands were completely censused for armadillo burrows. Crab burrows within grassland sites were exposed to direct effects of sunlight. However, the eventual aim is to build a self-contained robot system that burrows through the ground to locate chemical sources. Fencing material was buried at least 15 cm into the soil to deter crabs burrowing beneath. I define this transition region by the perpendicular gradient of crab burrows that ranges from 0 to 1 m-2. Active burrows, defined by freshly excavated soil surrounding open entrances, were also counted. They are bare sand or rocky areas that provide little shelter from the strong sun other than burrowing underground. Collection involved scooping out loose soil from the burrows and sieving it as described above. The number of crab burrows per quadrat was variable with densities ranging from 6 to 32 burrows per 25 m2. Unretrieved seeds were considered lost, as we could not assess if they were hidden or consumed further away than 5 m or taken to burrows. See all examples of burrow These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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