burrow

bur·row1 /ˈbʌrəʊ $ ˈbɜːroʊ/ verb

1 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]DIG to make a hole or passage in the ground 掘洞；钻洞 SYN dig down

burrow into/under/through etc

Mother turtles burrow into the sand to lay their eggs.

母龟在沙里挖洞产卵。

► see thesaurus at dig →4 See picture of 见图 DIG 1

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PRESS to press your body close to someone or under something because you want to get warm or feel safe 偎依，紧靠；钻到…下面 SYN nestle

burrow into/under/down etc

The child stirred and burrowed deeper into the bed.

那孩子翻了个身，又往被窝里钻了钻。

burrow something into/against etc something

She burrowed her head into his shoulder.

她把头偎在他肩上。

3 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]LOOK FOR to search for something that is hidden in a container or under other things 寻找，翻找 SYN rummage

burrow in/into/through etc

Helen burrowed in her bag for a handkerchief.

海伦在包里翻找手帕。

Examples from the Corpus

burrow• The rabbits had burrowed a hole under the fence.• The gophers were busy burrowing holes.• Toads burrow into the earth to hide from their enemies.• It lays its eggs in your clothes while they are drying on the line and then they burrow into the skin.• But still they tell them, suggesting how deeply the stories have burrowed into their psyches.• Hundreds of parishioners were working with bare hands, shovels and harrows, extending the church by burrowing out a crypt.• Orange flames burrowed through the grass.• The small mammals alive at this time did not hibernate, but had insulating fur and could burrow underground.• One group have lost their legs altogether and taken to burrowing underground.• He threw everything out, clothes, shoes, old wellingtons, burrowing underneath all the mess like an overgrown mole.• The footing corals start to anchor down on the loose rocks, and the subterranean sponges burrow underneath.

burrow into/under/through etc• And at the same time I burrowed into that fabric.• It tried to burrow into the earth.• Orange flames burrowed through the grass.• It lays its eggs in your clothes while they are drying on the line and then they burrow into the skin.• She closed her eyes and let her fingers burrow through the tissue paper until she felt the lace of the collar.• This results in a ball of cells, which then proceeds to burrow into the wall of the uterus.• Western spadefoot toads burrow into the wash bottom, emerging to produce another batch of mosquito larvae-eating tadpoles during the summer rains.

burrow into/under/down etc• And at the same time I burrowed into that fabric.• It tried to burrow into the earth.• In burrowing down, the fish made a tube through the mud an inch or so across.• It lays its eggs in your clothes while they are drying on the line and then they burrow into the skin.• This results in a ball of cells, which then proceeds to burrow into the wall of the uterus.• Western spadefoot toads burrow into the wash bottom, emerging to produce another batch of mosquito larvae-eating tadpoles during the summer rains.• But still they tell them, suggesting how deeply the stories have burrowed into their psyches.

burrow in/into/through etc• He was burrowing in a briefcase while he waited.• And at the same time I burrowed into that fabric.• It tried to burrow into the earth.• Orange flames burrowed through the grass.• It lays its eggs in your clothes while they are drying on the line and then they burrow into the skin.• This results in a ball of cells, which then proceeds to burrow into the wall of the uterus.• But still they tell them, suggesting how deeply the stories have burrowed into their psyches.

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