burrow
英 ['b?r??]
美['b?ro]
- vi. 探索，尋找；挖地洞，挖通道；住入地洞，躲藏起來；鉆進某處；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；藏身處，住處
- n. (Burrow)人名；(英)伯羅
IELTSCET6+TEM8GRETOEFL低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?burrows;第三人稱單數:?burrows;過去式:?burrowed;過去分詞:?burrowed;現在分詞:?burrowing;
助記提示
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，挖開洞把肉扒出來——挖洞；地洞。
6. 諧音“扒嘍，扒露”----扒開洞穴嘍，扒開泥土露出洞穴。
7. bury => burrow.
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，挖開洞把肉扒出來——挖洞；地洞。
6. 諧音“扒嘍，扒露”----扒開洞穴嘍，扒開泥土露出洞穴。
7. bury => burrow.
中文詞源
burrow 打洞
詞源同bury, 保護，埋藏。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow.
- 兩只小鳥一出殼就離開了巢穴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
- 幼蟲鉆進了地板的縫隙里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Earthworms burrow deep into the soil.
- 蚯蚓鉆土很深。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.
- 狗把兔子追進了洞穴.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.
- 蚯蚓深深地鉆進底土.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》