burrow
英 ['bʌrəʊ]
美 ['bɝro]
- vi. 探検する、探し求める；地面に穴を掘る、通路を掘る；地面に穴を掘って住む、隠れる；どこかに潜る；寄り添う
- vt. 掘る、掘り出す；穴（または通路）を掘る；潜り込む
- n. （ウサギ、キツネなどの）巣穴、トンネル；隠れ家、住居
- n.(Burrow)人の名前；(Eng.) Burrow
語源
burrow穴をあける。語源はburyと同じで、保護する、埋める。
英語の語源
- 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.
例文
- 1. As soon as the two chicks hatch，they leave the nest burrow .
- 2羽の小鳥は殻を出すと巣を離れた。
- 2.The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
- 幼虫が床の隙間に潜り込んだ。
- 3.Earthworms burrow deep into the soil.
- ミミズドリルは深い。
- 4.The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow .
- 犬がウサギを洞窟に追い込んだ。
- 5.Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.
- ミミズが底土に深く潜り込む
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