单词 | grub |
释义 | grub (grʌb ) Word forms: grubs , grubbing , grubbed 1. countable noun A grub is a young insect which has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm. 2. uncountable noun Grub is food. [informal] Get yourself some grub and come and sit down. Synonyms: food, feed, rations, tack [informal] 3. verb If you grub around, you search for something. I simply cannot face grubbing through all this paper. [VERB adverb/preposition] Phrasal verbs: grub up phrasal verb If you grub up trees or plants, or grub them out, you dig them out of the ground, usually because they are no longer wanted. Farmers are grubbing up ancient varieties of crops. [VERB PARTICLE noun] One by one, orchards were grubbed up. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Translations: Chinese: 幼虫, 搜寻 Japanese: 地虫, 探し回る |
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