| 词汇 | burrowed |
| 释义 | burrowed past simple and past participle ofburrow 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 burrow dig dig (yourself) in dig someone/something out drill excavate excavator fork furrow grub grub something up/out plough plough something back/in redrill root root something out/up sink steam shovel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Comfortable and uncomfortable Searching Examples of burrowedburrowed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Here the soil was black and crumbly, so damp that worms burrowed it all year round. The following day it was confirmed that all cockles had burrowed and were filtering. It is also true that none of the instruments described above has burrowed below the surface and analysed unoxidized material. In most instances, the larvae had burrowed through the petals into the centre of the flowers, evidenced by clearly visible holes in the petals. Most invertebrates of soft-sediment shores live either freely burrowed into the sediments or construct more or less permanent tubes, relying mainly on surface water for oxygen. The table shows the results, and it is seen that in both species more larvae burrowed in coarse than in fine sand, and more in sand than in wood ash. There was one old man who was found quite recently living for shelter in a hole that he burrowed in a haystack. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We burrowed away, and the conclusions that we reached are spelt out in the latter half of the report. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They had burrowed in—so that he had not found a hole—and had cleared the pond. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today we humans have burrowed deep. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Those were the difficulties that we found ourselves in, and so our committees went on burrowing forward industriously, and the more we burrowed the less could we see. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Old and newer mining operations have burrowed under schools and under whole communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The young larvae, ammocoetes, spend several years in the rivers, where they live burrowed in fine sediment, filter feeding on detritus and microorganisms. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The remaining four radicals burrowed into a pile of futon bedding and refused to surrender. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Arthropleurids lived in the moist coal swamps that were common at the time and may have burrowed in the undergrowth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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