burrow
vt.& vi. 挖掘(洞穴),挖洞
vi. 翻尋
n. 地洞
A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
If an animal burrows into the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole.
The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
幼蟲鑽進了地板的縫隙裡。
If you burrow in a container or pile of things, you search there for something using your hands.
He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly.
他非常緊張地在一堆圖表中翻找。
...the enthusiasm with which he burrowed through old records in search of facts.
他為了弄清事實真相而翻查老檔案的熱情
If you burrow into something, you move underneath it or press against it, usually in order to feel warmer or safer.
She turned her face away from him, burrowing into her heap of covers.
她側過臉背向他,鑽進她那堆被子裡。
1. a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter
1. move through by or as by digging;
Imagine you are poking a stick into an animal's burrow.
大家不妨設想一下這樣的情景:將一根枝條插進動物的洞穴裡.
The house is still but a sort of porch at the entrance a burrow.
所謂房屋,還只不過是地洞入口處的一些門面而已.
You burrow and rankle in his heart!
你挖掘並折磨他的心靈!
The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.
狗把兔子追進了洞穴.
To avoid predators, they'll burrow even deeper, leaving only a hole for breathing.
為了避免掠食者, 它們會挖洞甚至更深, 只留下一小孔為了呼吸.引自:“美國國家地理雜誌”,當天的圖片.