burrowing

英 [ˈbʌrəʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈbɜːroʊɪŋ]

v. 挖掘(洞或洞穴通道); 挖洞; 偎依; 使…钻到(…下面); (在…里)搜寻
burrow的现在分词

复数：burrowings　现在分词：burrowing　

BNC.38856 / COCA.35353

柯林斯词典

(兔子等动物掘的）洞穴，地洞
Aburrowis a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
VERB 钻地道；挖洞
If an animalburrowsinto the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole.
1. The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
  幼虫钻进了地板的缝隙里。
VERB 翻找；搜寻
If youburrowin a container or pile of things, you search there for something using your hands.
1. He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly.
  他非常紧张地在一堆图表中翻找。
2. ...the enthusiasm with which he burrowed through old records in search of facts.
  他为了弄清事实真相而翻查老档案的热情
VERB 依偎；紧靠
If youburrowinto something, you move underneath it or press against it, usually in order to feel warmer or safer.
1. She turned her face away from him, burrowing into her heap of covers.
  她侧过脸背向他，钻进她那堆被子里。

Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter.
遍及北半球矮壮粗毛的穴居啮齿动物，短尾巴象刷子；冬季蛰居。
This paper studied the burrowing characteristic of Chinese alligators with high density in captivity.
本文研究了高密度饲养条件下，扬子鳄对洞穴的选择特点。
They were burrowing for a book in the library.
他们在图书馆搜寻一本书。
Fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand.
产于西太平洋和印度洋的多沙水域的鱼，生有能够在沙中挖洞的三角形口鼻。
Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
生活在沙或泥中的穴居海洋软体动物。
She turned her face away from him, burrowing into her heap of covers.
她侧过脸背向他，钻进她那堆被子里。
Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
亚洲和北美洲西部多岩丘陵地带的短耳朵穴居的小型哺乳动物。
Burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon.
产于印度和锡兰的尾巴上有鳞的穴居鼠。
Degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards.
加利福尼亚退化的象虫一样的蜥蜴，与鳄蜥近缘。
Some burrowing lizards have reduced limbs and some have lost one or both pairs.
一些穴居蜥蜴的四肢减少，一些已经失去了一个或者所有的四肢。