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

• Puffin parents dig nesting burrows into the cliffs, and spend their days fishing for their families.
  帕韦尔斯基海雀父母们在悬崖峭壁上筑巢嵌穴，日复一日地捕鱼养家。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Field crickets ( Gryllus campestris) snuggle down in burrows either on their own or with a mate.
  蟋蟀要么独自蜷缩在洞穴里，要么和配偶依偎在一起呆在洞穴里。
• Bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows.
  北美洲西部侵扰鼠洞的牛蛇。
• They will invade from burrows, caves, petting zoos.
  它们会从地洞里，洞穴里，动物园里入侵。
• 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。
• Gopher turtles are tortoises that dig burrows in the ground.
  沙乌龟是会在地上打洞的旱乌龟。
• The rabbits hid in the burrows.
  兔子躲在地洞中。
• Also rodent burrows dug through the lower reaches of the formation and then filled in by later floods.
  还有一直挖通到下面的地层的鼠洞，后被继发的洪水所填满。