Burrows

英 [ˈbʌrəʊz]

美 [ˈbɜːroʊz]

n.  伯罗斯

BNC.10915

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

• Ground squirrels usually live in burrows.
  地松鼠通常住在地洞里。
• I usually make my home in shallow holes in the ground called burrows.
  我通常把家安在地里的浅洞中，称为“洞穴”。
• They often sleep in hollow trees, burrows, rock crevices, or empty termite mounds, and will come back to the same place every night.
  他们时常在空的树，洞穴中睡觉，岩石裂缝，或空的白蚁土墩和每个夜晚将会回到相同的地方。
• Ground squirrels live in burrows, instead of in the trees like other squirrels.
  地松鼠不象其他的松鼠生活在树上，而是住在地洞里。
• The rabbits hid in the burrows.
  兔子躲在地洞中。
• Gopher turtles are tortoises that dig burrows in the ground.
  沙乌龟是会在地上打洞的旱乌龟。
• They will invade from burrows, caves, petting zoos.
  它们会从地洞里，洞穴里，动物园里入侵。
• Large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the United States Pacific coast.
  大型舞池夜间活动的蝗虫，在美国太平洋海滨松软的泥土中钻洞。
• They dig burrows in almost every square metre of available soil or live in deep crevices in rock outcrops.
  它们在能挖洞的任何一平方米挖洞或者生活在岩缝中的岩洞中。
• Others hibernate in their burrows over the winter.
  其他的地松鼠，冬天在洞中冬眠。