burrow
burrow 英 [ˈbʌrəʊ] 美 [ˈbɜroʊ]
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
进行时:burrowing 过去式:burrowed 过去分词:burrowed 第三人称单数:burrows 名词复数:burrows
- Rabbits live in a burrow or a set of tunnels under the earth. They make these tunnels by burrowing, or digging holes with their bodies.
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- 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
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1. Typical desert creatures such as scorpions and snakes are also on display, as well as animals that live in water like frogs, and otters that burrow under rocks and logs.
诸如蝎子和蛇之类的典型沙漠生物、青蛙等住在水里的动物、在岩石和圆木下挖掘隧道的水獭也在参展之列。
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2. Groundhogs spend the winter hibernating in a specially dug hibernation burrow, their breathing and heartbeats slowed to a snail’s pace, their body temperatures not too far above freezing.
土拨鼠在一个特别的冬眠洞穴中冬眠度过冬天，它们的呼吸和心跳慢到和蜗牛差不多，体温比冰点稍高一点。
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3. The groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania to see his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter weather according to those who believe in Groundhog Day predictions.
土拨鼠菲尔从他在宾夕法尼亚州的洞穴中钻出，看到他的影子，相信土拨鼠日预测的人们认为，这意味着寒冬仍将持续六周。
- burrow (n.) "rabbit-hole, fox-hole, hole in the ground excavated by an animal as a refuge or habitation," c. 1300, borewe, a collateral form of 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, make a hole in" is from 1610s, originally figurative; the literal sense, of animals, is attested by 1771. Related: Burrowed; borrowing.
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