burrow

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʌɹəʊ/    美 /ˈbʌɹoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
    — But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in.
  2. Obsolete form of barrow (“a mound”). alt-of,obsolete
  3. Obsolete form of borough (“an incorporated town”). alt-of,obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To dig a tunnel or hole. intransitive
  2. To move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort. intransitive
    — The young girl burrowed into the bed.
  3. To investigate thoroughly. intransitive
    — The journalist burrowed into the origins of the mayor's corruption.

词形变化

burrows plural burrows present,singular,third-person burrowing participle,present burrowed participle,past burrowed past

词汇关系

衍生词
bargander burrow duck burrowless burrowlike burrow owl paleoburrow burrower burrowing bug burrowing owl burrowing parrot giant burrowing cockroach reburrow unburrow

词源

词源 1
From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwelling, stronghold, refuge”) (see borough) and thus from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), but this sense is not known in Old English burh. Compare, however, Dutch cognate burcht, which has a similar sense.
It may be related to bury (“to dig”), in which case it would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, defend, save, preserve”).
词源 2
From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwelling, stronghold, refuge”) (see borough) and thus from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), but this sense is not known in Old English burh. Compare, however, Dutch cognate burcht, which has a similar sense.
It may be related to bury (“to dig”), in which case it would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, defend, save, preserve”).
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