grub
v.(动词)
grubbed,grub.bing,grubs
v.tr.(及物动词)
To dig up by or as if by the roots:
连根掘起:掘出或好象掘出残根:
例句:
grubbed carrots with a stick.
用棍将胡萝卜连根掘出
To clear of roots and stumps by digging:
翻掘:挖土以清除残根或树桩:
例句:
grubbed a small plot.
清除一小块土地上的残根
Slang To obtain by importunity:
【俚语】 乞讨,强求:通过不断纠缠而获得:
例句:
grub a cigarette.
缠着要一支香烟
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To dig in the earth:
挖掘:在土地中挖:
例句:
grub for potatoes.
挖土豆
To search laboriously by or as if by digging; rummage.
搜寻:辛苦地挖掘或如挖掘般地寻找;搜寻
To toil arduously; drudge:
辛劳:艰苦劳作;做苦工:
例句:
grub for a living.
为谋生而艰苦劳作
n.(名词)
The thick, wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.
蛴螬,蛆:某些甲虫或昆虫的软原虫状幼虫
A drudge.
做苦工的人
Slang Food.
【俚语】 食物
来源:
Middle English grubben
中古英语 grubben
from Old English *grybban * see ghrebh- 2
源自 古英语 *grybban *参见 ghrebh- 2
【引伸】
grub.ber
n.(名词)