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。
• 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。
• They often sleep in hollow trees, burrows, rock crevices, or empty termite mounds, and will come back to the same place every night.
  他们时常在空的树，洞穴中睡觉，岩石裂缝，或空的白蚁土墩和每个夜晚将会回到相同的地方。
• 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。
• Prairie dogs, unlike many ground squirrels, live together in big burrows on the western prairies.
  草原犬鼠和许多地松鼠不一样，群居在西部大草原的大地洞中。
• Others hibernate in their burrows over the winter.
  其他的地松鼠，冬天在洞中冬眠。
• Their networks of burrows help them stay dry during storms.
  它们网状的地道在暴风雪来的时候仍然可以保持干燥。
• Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans.
  热带小跳蚤；能繁殖的雌跳蚤在包括人等宿主皮肤下钻洞。
• 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。
• And instead of building a nest up in a tree, the kiwi burrows under the ground.
  几维（鸟）不在树上筑巢之外，而它却在地上挖洞穴。