grub

名词 grub:

1. informal terms for a meal
   同义词：chow, chuck, eats
2. a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

动词 grub:

1. ask for and get free; be a parasite
   同义词：mooch, bum, cadge, sponge
2. search about busily

1. Grub's up!
   吃饭了！
2. Pigs are grubbing around in the bushes.
   猪在树丛中乱拱。
3. He found what he wanted by grubbing around in the library.
   他在图书馆乱翻一通终于找到他想要的资料。

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）