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

• 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。
• Burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United states.
  美国西南部沙漠地区的穴居鼠。
• 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。
• 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。
• The control effects of four nematicides against burrowing nematodes Radopholus similis on Anthurium andraeanum were tested by pot experiments.
  通过盆栽试验，测定了杀线虫剂克线磷、福气多、涕灭威、卡线特对红掌相似穿孔线虫病的防治效果。
• "You look like a nigger," murmured scarlett, burrowing her head wearily into its soft pillow.
  “你像个黑人了，”思嘉低声说，一面把头懒懒地钻进柔软的枕头里。
• Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America.
  衣囊鼠科的穴居啮齿类动物，有大的外颊囊；产于美洲中部和北美洲西南部。
• Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping.
  东半球小型穴居沙漠生啮齿动物，苍白色的毛长而软并有适于跳跃的后退。
• 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。
• 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。