burrowed

英 [ˈbʌrəʊd]

美 [ˈbɜːroʊd]

v.  挖掘(洞或洞穴通道); 挖洞; 偎依; 使…钻到(…下面); (在…里)搜寻
burrow的过去分词和过去式

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

• The runaway burrowed himself into a corner.
  逃犯躲进了一个角落里。
• Scarlett burrowed her head in the dusty upholstery and screamed again.
  思嘉趴在满是尘土的软垫上，又大喊起来。
• In fact, our gentleman burrowed a chunnel through two sides of the earth.
  实际上，我们的绅士给地球的两端打了个通道。嘿嘿。
• At Dorogobuzh the soldiers of the escort had gone off to plunder their own stores, leaving the prisoners locked in a stable, and several prisoners had burrowed under the wall and run away, but they were caught by the French and shot.
  在多罗戈希日，押送队士兵把俘虏们锁在马栅里后，他们出去抢劫他们自己的仓库。有几个俘虏从墙脚下挖洞逃了出去，但又被法国人捉回来枪毙了。
• He burrowed under the duvet.
  他钻到羽绒被下面。
• Among the few survivors would have been animals living in water or burrowed in the ground like turtles, small mammals and crocodiles.
  只有水生生物和在地下掘穴而居的动物成为极少的幸存者，比如海龟、小型哺乳动物和鳄鱼等。
• She burrowed in the drawer for a pair of socks.
  她在抽屉里翻找一双袜子。
• He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly.
  他非常紧张地在一堆图表中翻找。
• That old patriot, Attorney-General Toucey, burrowed through the musty papers of th Fishers and discovered one more chance FOR the desolate orphans.
  那位任首席检查官的爱国老人图舍查遍了费希尔家庭发了霉的文件，又为那些“孤苦的后代子孙”发现了一个可钻的空子。
• He put out the light and burrowed inside the quilt, hoping to fall asleep. Still it was no good.
  灭了灯，把头完全盖在被子里，他想就这么睡去。