burrow

verb

1. 挖掘（洞或洞穴通道）；挖洞
   to make a hole or a tunnel in the ground by digging
   1. Earthworms burrow deep into the soil.
      蚯蚓钻土很深。
   2. The rodent burrowed its way into the sand.
      这只鼠掘洞钻进沙里。
2. 偎依；使…钻到（…下面）
   to press yourself close to sb or under sth
   1. He burrowed down beneath the blankets.
      他钻到毯子下面。
   2. She burrowed her face into his chest.
      她把脸埋进他的怀里。
3. （在…里）搜寻
   to search for sth under or among things
   1. She burrowed in the drawer for a pair of socks.
      她在抽屉里翻找一双袜子。
   2. He was afraid that they would burrow into his past.
      他担心他们会追查他的过去。

noun

1. （动物的）洞穴，洞穴通道
   a hole or tunnel in the ground made by animals such as rabbits for them to live in

1. (兔子等动物掘的）洞穴，地洞
   A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
2. VERB 钻地道；挖洞
   If an animal burrows into 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。
3. VERB 翻找；搜寻
   If you burrow in 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
4. VERB 依偎；紧靠
   If you burrow into 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。

1. The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
   幼虫钻进了地板的缝隙里。
2. He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly.
   他非常紧张地在一堆图表中翻找。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. When there is a full moon, this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.
   月圆之夜，这种夜间活动的啮齿类动物会小心地呆在地洞里不出来。
6. Nobody comes to visit me, although a mouse did burrow into my cabin once.
   没有人来造访我，不过确实有一只耗子曾挖洞来过我的小木屋。
7. If the burrow is blocked, the ants will emerge as soon as possible in the correct order.
   以此类推。如果洞被堵住了，蚂蚁会尽快按正确的顺序出现。
8. The rabbit is resting in its burrow.
   那只兔子正在它的洞穴中休息。
9. As dusk descends on the mountains, a pangolin emerges from its burrow.
   当薄暮涌入山区，一只穿山甲从地洞钻了出来。
10. Moles burrow in lawns, raising molehills and killing the lawn, for which they are sometimes considered pests.
    鼹鼠在草坪下挖洞，隆起的鼹鼠丘会破坏草坪，因此它们经常被看作是有害动物。
11. Crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore.
    在海岸潜水处的泥浆或石头下挖洞的甲壳纲动物。
12. A fox and a crane became friends and the fox invited the crane to his burrow.
    一只狐狸和仙鹤交上了朋友，狐狸便邀请仙鹤到他的洞穴去做客。
13. There is nothing preventing her from dragging the cricket into the burrow if she chooses to do so.
    如果她选择将蟋蟀拽入地洞，没有什么东西会阻止她那样做。
14. They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow.
    于是，它们俩进了兔子的洞穴。
15. They need the silt to burrow and survive.
    他们需要的淤泥掘洞穴和生存。
16. I sometimes might use another animal's burrow instead of digging my own.
    有时我会用其他动物的洞穴而不是自己挖。
17. George: he'll follow the scent right to the rabbit's burrow if he can.
    乔治：假如可以的话，会循气味直走到兔子洞穴前。
18. Then he got a long stick, pushed it into the burrow and touched the crane.
    于是他找来了一根长棍，伸进洞里，碰着了仙鹤。
19. Mora's hunger lures her back to the warthog burrow.
    莫拉的饥饿把它诱回到疣猪洞。
20. A freckle-face blenny peeks from its reef burrow in the Solomon Islands.
    奇特的海生物图片画廊。一只斑点面容粘鱼窥视从它的暗礁穴在所罗门群岛。
21. The burrow must be damp but not wet, and warm, but not too hot.
    洞穴一定是湿气但是不是湿，和温暖的，但是不是太热。
22. Some weeks I see him every day, darting back into his burrow as I pull into the driveway.
    有几个礼拜我每天都能看到他，当我开到车道上时他就缩进他的小窝。
23. A hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den.
    动物被追赶时穿过并进入它的洞穴或兽穴的洞。
24. We will keep her in our burrow, next to the pond.
    我们将把她留在我们靠近池塘的洞穴中。
25. I had to burrow in the library for the book I needed.
    我只好在图书馆搜寻我所需要的书。
26. Fixed a problem that removed the Summoned state from Carrion Beetles when they burrow.
    修正了腐尸甲虫在进行挖洞时失去召唤状态的问题。
27. Moles and gophers burrow in the ground.
    鼹鼠和地鼠在地上掘洞居住。
28. The hunter pushed his hand into the burrow and pulled out the crane.
    猎人把手伸进洞穴，拽出了仙鹤。
29. Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
    成群游动的似鳗的非常小的银色鱼，能在沙滩中打洞。

  dig burrow delve excavate tunnel【导航词义：挖】

  dig v. 挖，掘

〔辨析〕指用手、工具、机器等挖洞、掘土。

  burrow v. 挖掘；挖洞

〔辨析〕指挖洞或开掘通道。

  delve v. 搜寻，翻找

〔辨析〕指把手伸进袋子、容器等深处找寻某物。

  excavate v. 〈正式〉开凿；发掘

〔辨析〕指挖洞、开凿隧道等，也指科学家或考古学家发掘出古物。

  tunnel v. 挖，挖掘

〔辨析〕指开凿隧道、挖地道等，也指昆虫挖掘洞穴。

noun

1. a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

   Synonym:    tunnel

verb

1. move through by or as by digging
   1. burrow through the forest

   Synonym:    tunnel