rootle

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. to dig into the ground, with the snout.
    — Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled.
  2. to search for something from a drawer, closet, etc.; to dig out.
    — 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him. 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'

词形变化

rootles present,singular,third-person rootling participle,present rootled participle,past rootled past rookle alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English root
English -le
English rootle
From root (“to dig”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
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