Burrow
['bʌrəʊ] or ['bɝro]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter.
(verb.) move through by or as by digging; 'burrow through the forest'.
吉尔伯特校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
校對:弗恩
解釋/意思:
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.
校對:罗赞
例句/造句/用法:
- This is a determinant which burrows beneath our ordinary classification of progressive and reactionary to the spiritual habits of a period. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The tarantula, like many other members of the spider family, is an expert in the making of burrows. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Its burrows are artfully planned. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He was like some terrible moral huntsman digging mankind out of the snug burrows in which they had lived hitherto. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They spoke of those hours of burrowing. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The eyes of moles and of some burrowing rodents are rudimentary in size, and in some cases are quite covered by skin and fur. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The only remaining point was what they were burrowing for. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The farmer, compared with the proprietor, is as a merchant who trades with burrowed money, compared with one who trades with his own. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- She petted Margaret in every possible way, and bought every delicacy, or soft luxury in which she herself would have burrowed and sought comfort. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Here, in these holes in the ground, the first Christians sometimes burrowed to escape persecution. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
編輯:纽曼