grub 详细解释

grub

[grʌb]

n.[动]蛆, 苦工,<非正式>食物
v.挖掘, 翻掘, 搜寻, 做苦工

vi.

1. 挖地; 翻掘; 搜寻[Q]

The dog was grubbing about under the bush, looking for a bone.

那狗在灌木丛中翻找骨头。

We helped the farmer to grub for potatoes.

我们帮助农夫挖马铃薯。

2. 苦干[(+on/away)]

vt.[(+up/out)]

1. 挖出; 根除

grub up weeds

挖除杂草

2. 搜寻出

n.

1. 幼虫; 蛆[C]

2. 【口】食物[U]

Can I come? I'll bring my own grub.

我能来吗? 我自带食物。

3. 苦干的人[C]

词形变化

名词: grubber | 动词过去式: grubbed | 动词过去分词: grubbed | 动词现在分词: grubbing | 动词第三人称单数: grubs |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.vi.挖

dig  gouge  excavate  tunnel  burrow  scoop out

vi.苦干

toil  drudge  plod

n.幼虫

larva

n.食物

food  

同义参见:

slave  

英英释义

名词 grub:

informal terms for a meal

同义词:chow, chuck, eats

a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

动词 grub:

ask for and get free; be a parasite

同义词:mooch, bum, cadge, sponge

search about busily

短语词组

grub about

1. 翻寻

Stop grubbing about there and tell me what you're looking for.

别在那儿东翻西找的, 告诉我你要什么。

grub up

1. 掘出

The old apple trees must be grubbed up and young ones planted.

老苹果树必须挖掉, 种上幼树。

补充

grubgrub英:[ɡrʌb] 美:[ɡrʌb]n.1.蛴螬, 蛆2.〈俚〉食物vi.1.挖土, 掘土; 挖掘寻找2.(急切地但通常为不得法地)寻找(尤指资料)He found what he wanted by grubbing around in the library.他在图书馆乱翻一通终于找到了需要的资料。

例句

1. Get yourself some grub and come and sit down.你自己去拿些吃的, 过来坐下吧。 2. Don't expect a lot of free grub.别指望有很多免费的食物。 3. herbivores that grubbed among the roots翻寻植物根部的食草动物 4. I simply cannot face grubbing through all this paper.我简直受不了要翻阅这么多文件。 5. I noticed that a woman was grubbing about a short distance from my feet.我注意到一个女人在离我脚不远的地方仔细寻找着什么。 6. Can I grub a cigarette?我可以讨根烟抽吗? 7. to grub in the earth for potatoes挖马铃薯 8. to grub for a living为生活而劳苦工作 9. He was grubbing about in the public library for material.他正在公共图书馆里寻找资料。 10. It took the farmer weeks to grub the stumps on his land.这位农夫花了数周时间清除他田地里的树桩子。 11. You have to grub up the roots.你必须连根掘起。 12. to grub out new data寻找新资料 13. a popular bar serving excellent pub grub.一个供应非常好的酒吧食品的广受欢迎的酒吧。 14. the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms.獾刨土觅虫对牧场所造成的破坏。 15. all the vines are grubbed up and the land left fallow for a few years.所有的藤蔓被连根掘起后这块地闲置了几年。 16. [as noun grubbing]construction operations including clearing and grubbing.包括清理场地和挖除树根的建筑施工。 17. I began grubbing about in the waste-paper basket to find the envelope.我开始在废纸篓里乱翻,想要找到那个信封。 18. she has achieved material independence without having to grub for it.她没有干什么低贱的工作就实现了物质上的独立。 19. they were grubbing a living from garbage pails.他们靠拣垃圾维生。 20. Let's go get some grub.我们去吃点东西吧。 21. animals grubbing for roots刨根吃的动物 22. Everyone was grubbing for whatever food they could find.每个人都在努力搜寻任何可能找到的食物。 23. students grubbing for better grades努力争取得高分的学生们