单词 | grub |
释义 | grub (once / 946 pages) 1vn 2v 3n WORD FAMILY grub: grubbed, grubbing, grubby, grubs+/grubby: grubbier, grubbiest, grubbily, grubbiness USAGE EXAMPLESIn third grade, he brought in a cockchafer beetle grub for show-and-tell, hoping to impress his classmates. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) And bee grubs will grow up to be queens if they are fed a steady diet of royal jelly. Nature(Dec 06, 2016) Smallmouth bass are good on watermelon Curb’s jigs, green pumpkin tubes, and smoke JDC curl tail grubs. Washington Times(Nov 16, 2016) 1 1v ask for and get free; be a parasite Syn|Hypo|Hyper bum, cadge, mooch, sponge freeload live off somebody's generosity obtain come into possession of 2n a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects 2Hypo|Hyper maggot the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter leatherjackettough-skinned larva of certain crane flies larva the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose v search about busily 3Hyper look for, search, seek try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of n informal terms for a meal Syn|Hyper chow, chuck, eats fare the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed |
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