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burrow

/bur-oh, buhr-oh/US // ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ //UK // (ˈbʌrəʊ) //

洞,洞洞,洞洞头,在地窝

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
    • : a place of retreat; shelter or refuge.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a hole or passage in, into, or under something.
    • : to lodge in a burrow.
    • : to hide.
    • : to proceed by or as if by digging.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put a burrow into.
    • : to hide, as in a burrow.
    • : to make by or as if by burrowing: We burrowed our way through the crowd.

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Examples

  • This subterranean menagerie is capitalizing on an old burrow, gouged into the earth by a massive lizard.

  • Tubenoses can locate their nest burrows by scent and are even able to detect a whiff of plankton while on the wing.

  • If a burrow is already occupied and is close to the ideal size, or a bit smaller, the mantis shrimp will fight longer and harder for that burrow—and be more likely to win the contest.

  • “The burrow is a massively valuable resource because it is so costly — in terms of energy — to excavate and build,” says Faulkes, of Queen Mary University of London.

  • Trace fossils also include preserved tracks, burrows and feces.

  • If opened, the RAT will burrow into the host computer and give control of the machine to the hacker.

  • You start with pain, burrow into dirt, get to memory, and end with motive.

  • This is not a bug that can get on the surface and burrow in.

  • I found a deep, secure burrow within the rubble of Georgetown's fallen Komptar tower.

  • We remained secluded in our ramshackle burrow for seven nights, Laila recuperating slowly while I foraged after dark for blood.

  • Up jumped Nquing from his burrow in the spinifex and shouted, "Go away!"

  • Henry laid his brother down and stretched his aching arms, while Jess began to burrow into the haystack.

  • Rats burrow along a drain pipe from the sewer into the house and admit sewer gas.

  • She dropped on her knees and examined the toads carefully, while they tried to burrow into the soil backward, to escape the sun.

  • They all looked downward and found a sky-blue rabbit had stuck his head out of a burrow in the ground.