burrow的意思

burrow

英式音标['bɝro]
美式英标['bʌrəʊ]

基本解释

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

burrow 打洞

词源同bury, 保护，埋藏。

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.

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。