burrow

英 [ˈbʌr.əʊ]      美 [ˈbɝː.oʊ]
  • vi. 探索,寻找;挖地洞,挖通道;住入地洞,躲藏起来;钻进某处;偎依著
  • vt. 挖掘,挖出;在…挖洞(或通道);使躲入洞穴
  • n. (兔、狐等的)洞穴,地道;藏身处,住处
  • n. (Burrow)人名;(英)伯罗
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1. *burg- / *bourg- 'protect, fortress' (whence also bury), a variant of *berg- (source of English barrow 'mound' and German berg 'mountain, hill') and *borg- (source of English borrow).
2. *burg- / *bourg- meaning began to change from 'fortress', through 'fortified town', to simply 'town'.
3. *burg- 'protect, fortress' => burrow.
4. => the place used to protect or fortress.
5. burrow:扒肉。肉埋在洞里了,挖开洞把肉扒出来——挖洞;地洞。
6. 谐音“扒喽,扒露”----扒开洞穴喽,扒开泥土露出洞穴。
7. bury => burrow.
burrow 打洞

词源同bury, 保护,埋藏。

burrow
burrow: see borough
burrow (n.)
"rabbit-hole, fox-hole, etc.," c. 1300, borewe, from Old English burgh "stronghold, fortress" (see borough); influenced by bergh "hill," and berwen "to defend, take refuge."
burrow (v.)
c. 1600, "to place in a burrow, from burrow (n.). Figuratively (such as to burrow (one's) head) by 1862. Intransitive sense, "to bore one's way into, penetrate" is from 1610s, originally figurative (literal sense, of animals, attested by 1771). Related: Burrowed; borrowing.
1. 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。
2. The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
幼虫钻进了地板的缝隙里。
3. Earthworms burrow deep into the soil.
蚯蚓钻土很深。
4. The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.
狗把兔子追进了洞穴.
5. Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.
蚯蚓深深地钻进底土.

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