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burrow

英 ['bʌrəʊ] 美 ['bɝro]

这里集中整理“burrow”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词,方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。

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词义详解

  • vi. 探索,寻找;挖地洞,挖通道;住入地洞,躲藏起来;钻进某处;偎依著
  • vt. 挖掘,挖出;在…挖洞(或通道);使躲入洞穴
  • n. (兔、狐等的)洞穴,地道;藏身处,住处
  • n. (Burrow)人名;(英)伯罗

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词态变化


复数: burrows;第三人称单数: burrows;过去式: burrowed;过去分词: burrowed;现在分词: burrowing;

助记提示


1. *burg- / *bourg- 'protect, fortress' (whence also bury), a variant of *berg- (source of English barrow 'mound' and German berg 'mountain, hill') and *borg- (source of English borrow).
2. *burg- / *bourg- meaning began to change from 'fortress', through 'fortified town', to simply 'town'.
3. *burg- 'protect, fortress' => burrow.
4. => the place used to protect or fortress.
5. burrow:扒肉。肉埋在洞里了,挖开洞把肉扒出来——挖洞;地洞。
6. 谐音“扒喽,扒露”----扒开洞穴喽,扒开泥土露出洞穴。
7. bury => burrow.

中文词源


burrow 打洞

词源同bury, 保护,埋藏。

英文词源


burrow
burrow: see borough
burrow (n.)
"rabbit-hole, fox-hole, etc.," c. 1300, borewe, from Old English burgh "stronghold, fortress" (see borough); influenced by bergh "hill," and berwen "to defend, take refuge."
burrow (v.)
c. 1600, "to place in a burrow, from burrow (n.). Figuratively (such as to burrow (one's) head) by 1862. Intransitive sense, "to bore one's way into, penetrate" is from 1610s, originally figurative (literal sense, of animals, attested by 1771). Related: Burrowed; borrowing.

双语例句


1. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow.
两只小鸟一出壳就离开了巢穴。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
幼虫钻进了地板的缝隙里。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Earthworms burrow deep into the soil.
蚯蚓钻土很深。

来自《权威词典》

4. The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.
狗把兔子追进了洞穴.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.
蚯蚓深深地钻进底土.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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