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grub up

/gruhb/US // grʌb //UK // (ɡrʌb) //

吃饱喝足,饱餐一顿,吃饱了,吃饱

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
    • : a dull, plodding person; drudge.
    • : an unkempt person.
    • : Slang. food; victuals.
    • : any remaining roots or stumps after cutting vegetation to clear land for farming.
v.有主动词 verb
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    grubbed, grub·bing.

    • : to dig; clear of roots, stumps, etc.
    • : to dig up by the roots; uproot.
    • : Slang. to supply with food; feed.
    • : Slang. to scrounge: to grub a cigarette.
v.无主动词 verb
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    grubbed, grub·bing.

    • : to dig; search by or as if by digging: We grubbed through piles of old junk to find the deed.
    • : to lead a laborious or groveling life; drudge: It's wonderful to have money after having to grub for so many years.
    • : to engage in laborious study.
    • : Slang. to eat; take food.

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Examples

  • When it comes to more casual grub, you’re looking at a pretty standard concessions operation, with a few notable exceptions.

  • They gathered food in fruit trees above the pens, and the swine gulped down the guano and infected bits of grub that rained from above.

  • Meg may have weighed as much as three times more, and would have presumably required proportional grub.

  • From there, you’ll want to get a bit of grub, with a side of history.

  • It was more the job of Gollum, kneeling in the muck of the lowlands, head down, digging with bare hands alongside the grubs and earthworms.

  • Real-estate expert Julian Hitchcock told Grub Street he expects to see more chain restaurants pop up in New York.

  • The man who started the L.A. food truck craze shares his favorite spots to grab some delicious grub on wheels.

  • Nothing humbles an autocrat quite like the need to grub for votes.

  • Good grub, lots of monitors, and the waitresses are usually hot.

  • Summer is just over the surf, so start looking now for those hidden beach shacks where the best grub of the season is found.

  • It wasn't long before she surprised the object of her search in the act of eating a fat grub beside a pumpkin.

  • What of the infinite goodness of God in teaching the grub of the ichneumon-fly to eat up the cabbage caterpillar alive?

  • For that matter, he said, he didn't care a tinker's dam if we were; he had grub and bedding and we were welcome to both.

  • While we were packing grub and bedding on Piegan's extra horse, Lyn joined us, wrapped from head to heel in a yellow slicker.

  • She said Noo York took a turrible lot of money–clothes, and grub, and so forth and so on.