| 释义 |
[/ˈbʌrəu; ˋbʌro/] n hole made in the ground and used as a home or shelter by rabbits, foxes, etc （兔、狐等掘的）地洞. burrow 2
v用法:
1 (a) [Tn] make (sth) by digging 挖掘成（洞穴等）:
Rabbits had burrowed holes in the grassy bank. 兔子在河岸的草地上掘了些洞.
(b) [I] dig a hole; tunnel 挖洞; 挖掘地道. 用法:
2 (phr v) burrow (one's way) into, through, under, etc move in the specified direction by or as if by digging 借挖掘或似挖掘的动作朝某方向移动:
The fox burrowed (its way) under the fence to reach the chickens. 那狐狸在围栏下面掘（一条 路）到鸡窝处. *
The prisoners escaped by burrowing under the wall. 囚犯们在墙下掘地道逃走了. *
The child burrowed under the bedclothes. 那孩子在被窝里钻来钻去. *
(fig 比喻) We had to burrow through a mass of files to find the documents we wanted 我们要在案卷堆里翻来翻去以寻找我们所要的文件. |