Burrow
['bʌrəʊ] or ['bɝro]
解释:
(noun.) a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter.
(verb.) move through by or as by digging; 'burrow through the forest'.
吉尔伯特校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
(n.) A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
(n.) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
(n.) A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
(v. i.) To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
(v. i.) To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.
校对:弗恩
解释:
n. a hole in the ground dug by certain animals for shelter or defence.—v.i. to make holes underground as rabbits: to dwell in a concealed place.—ns. Burr′ow-duck the sheldrake or bergander; Burr′owing-owl a small long-legged diurnal American owl nesting in burrows; Burr′owstown (Scot.) a town that is a burgh.
校对:罗赞
例句:
- This is a determinant which burrows beneath our ordinary classification of progressive and reactionary to the spiritual habits of a period. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The tarantula, like many other members of the spider family, is an expert in the making of burrows. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Its burrows are artfully planned. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He was like some terrible moral huntsman digging mankind out of the snug burrows in which they had lived hitherto. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- They spoke of those hours of burrowing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The eyes of moles and of some burrowing rodents are rudimentary in size, and in some cases are quite covered by skin and fur. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The only remaining point was what they were burrowing for. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The farmer, compared with the proprietor, is as a merchant who trades with burrowed money, compared with one who trades with his own. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- She petted Margaret in every possible way, and bought every delicacy, or soft luxury in which she herself would have burrowed and sought comfort. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Here, in these holes in the ground, the first Christians sometimes burrowed to escape persecution. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
编辑:纽曼