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

• 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。
• 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 scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon.
  产于印度和锡兰的尾巴上有鳞的穴居鼠。
• Any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail.
  沙漠中各种夜间活动的穴居小鼠，有颊囊、长的后退和尾巴。
• Fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand.
  产于西太平洋和印度洋的多沙水域的鱼，生有能够在沙中挖洞的三角形口鼻。
• Some burrowing lizards have reduced limbs and some have lost one or both pairs.
  一些穴居蜥蜴的四肢减少，一些已经失去了一个或者所有的四肢。
• We use a innovative approach to control Gophers, Moles, Voles, or any other burrowing animal.
  我们用创新的方法来控制考访痣、田鼠、洞穴或其他动物。
• A burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging.
  有适于挖掘的肢体的穴居哺乳动物。
• "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 herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger.
  澳大利亚食草的穴居有袋动物，身体大小如獾。