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

• Burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States.
  穴居于美国西部的灌木树根周围、沙漠和多岩坡地的岩石下面和海滩的蛇。
• 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 are poor climbers and tend to live in interconnecting burrows, which they sometimes share with mongooses.
  它们不擅长攀爬，喜欢生活在相同连通的洞中，有时还会与猫鼬住在一起。
• Others hibernate in their burrows over the winter.
  其他的地松鼠，冬天在洞中冬眠。
• 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。
• Those burrows were abandoned years ago.
  这些洞穴多年前就被遗弃了。
• Gopher turtles are tortoises that dig burrows in the ground.
  沙乌龟是会在地上打洞的旱乌龟。
• Ground squirrels usually live in burrows.
  地松鼠通常住在地洞里。
• Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.
  一些独居蜂会把巢筑在田间的地洞里。
• The intertidal beach unit contains some organism burrows.
  潮间海滩单元含有一些生物潜穴。