| 词汇 | burrowing |
| 释义 | burrowing present 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 burrowingburrowing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It appears from histological evidence that it is more likely that larvae travel in blood vessels rather than by burrowing. For example, burrowing animals affect the evolutionary pressures felt by their descendants in two ways. Their descendants inherit the genes for burrowing, and they inherit the niche of the burrow. Information such as this should aid the identification of plant characteristics for banana genotypes that are more resistant and/or tolerant to burrowing nematodes. It is evident, therefore, that burrowing efficiency has little or no relation to the weight of the larva. She pleads with all her blandishments for forgiveness, while he, burrowing into his soul, can hardly find a reason to embrace her again. Comparable complexity of burrowing rather than precise ichnotaxonomic parity would thus be of importance. The only monitoring study on a burrowing species since cats were eradicated has been for white-chinned petrels. These legacies are both products of the same initial cause: the genes for burrowing. However, a small foot will by no means make burrowing easier for the cockles. This was done to protect the plots from burrowing mammals. Burrowing robots - these will aid the hunt for water, a key requirement for life, a driver of climate and a vital resource. This probably relates to the wombat's proclivity for burrowing. A high water table in grassland sites eliminates the possibility of burrowing deep to escape hostile surface conditions. Mole-rats are burrowing rodents with severe deterioration of visual capacity, par ticularly in image formation. 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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