pigroot

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area of soil where pigs have turned up the ground with their snouts looking for worms, insects, and plant roots to eat.
  2. Any plant of the genus Sisyrinchium.
  3. An instance of pigrooting
    — Howie showed his objection to the early hour with a few pigroots—he impressed the television people but merely caused the sure-seated Maddie to laugh.
动词 v.
  1. To stick its rump in the air and lower its forequarters.
    — Eventually we saddled the team; then Slippery, with a snort, started pig-rooting and bolted amongst the trees, with the trackers hanging on to him.

词形变化

pigroots plural pigroots present,singular,third-person pigrooting participle,present pigrooted participle,past pigrooted past

词源

词源 1
From pig + root.
词源 2
From pig + root.
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