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

• 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。
• The control effects of four nematicides against burrowing nematodes Radopholus similis on Anthurium andraeanum were tested by pot experiments.
  通过盆栽试验，测定了杀线虫剂克线磷、福气多、涕灭威、卡线特对红掌相似穿孔线虫病的防治效果。
• Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
  生活在沙或泥中的穴居海洋软体动物。
• Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind.
  眼睛非常小的无腿穴居的欧洲小蜥蜴；一般被认为是瞎子。
• Some burrowing lizards have reduced limbs and some have lost one or both pairs.
  一些穴居蜥蜴的四肢减少，一些已经失去了一个或者所有的四肢。
• Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping.
  东半球小型穴居沙漠生啮齿动物，苍白色的毛长而软并有适于跳跃的后退。
• She began burrowing underneath the tissue paper.
  她开始在绵纸下面搜寻起来。
• Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches.
  东半球短尾巴的穴居鼠，长有大颊囊。
• Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
  亚洲和北美洲西部多岩丘陵地带的短耳朵穴居的小型哺乳动物。
• 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。