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

• 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。
• Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter.
  遍及北半球矮壮粗毛的穴居啮齿动物，短尾巴象刷子；冬季蛰居。
• She began burrowing underneath the tissue paper.
  她开始在绵纸下面搜寻起来。
• To have become burrowing creatures prompting a fundamental change in body plan.
  进化成洞穴动物，促使身体结构发生根本的变化。
• What are you burrowing around in my drawer for?
  你在我抽屉里乱翻什么？
• Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind.
  眼睛非常小的无腿穴居的欧洲小蜥蜴；一般被认为是瞎子。
• Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
  生活在沙或泥中的穴居海洋软体动物。
• Burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites.
  澳大利亚体表有刺的穴居单孔目动物，有长长的口鼻以及用于捕食蚂蚁和白蚁的爪。
• Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches.
  东半球短尾巴的穴居鼠，长有大颊囊。
• 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。