释义 |
burrower|ˈbʌrəʊə(r)| [f. burrow v.1 + -er1.] An animal or person that burrows. (lit. and fig.)
1854Woodward Mollusca (1856) 241 The boring shell-fish have been distinguished from the mere burrowers. 1862Lond. Rev. 16 Aug. 142 The shrewdest burrower after facts. 1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. ii. 29 The larvæ of Sirex being wood-burrowers. 1883G. Allen in Knowledge 22 June 367/2 [Shrews and moles] are..most of them burrowers. |