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

• 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。
• A burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging.
  有适于挖掘的肢体的穴居哺乳动物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The dragon had been systematically ripping apart warriors below, digging through them the way a burrowing animal would soft earth.
  在龙进行了系统撕裂下面的战士，通过他们挖一洞穴动物的方式将软土。
• Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates.
  善于挖洞的主要在夜间活动的哺乳动物，体表有坚固的角质鳞片。
• "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。