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

• To have become burrowing creatures prompting a fundamental change in body plan.
  进化成洞穴动物，促使身体结构发生根本的变化。
• Degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards.
  加利福尼亚退化的象虫一样的蜥蜴，与鳄蜥近缘。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages.
  热带海生穴居甲壳动物，有大的易于抓东西的附肢。
• Burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United states.
  美国西南部沙漠地区的穴居鼠。
• This paper studied the burrowing characteristic of Chinese alligators with high density in captivity.
  本文研究了高密度饲养条件下，扬子鳄对洞穴的选择特点。
• 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。
• Burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites.
  澳大利亚体表有刺的穴居单孔目动物，有长长的口鼻以及用于捕食蚂蚁和白蚁的爪。