英语词汇“grub”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	grub
释义	grub I. \ˈgrəb\ verb (grubbed ; grubbed ; grubbing ; grubs) Etymology: Middle English grobben, grubben; akin to Middle Dutch grobben to scramble, scrape, Old High German grubilōn to dig, search, Old Norse gryfja hole, pit, ditch, Old English grafan to dig, grave — more at grave (dig) *transitive verb* 1. : to remove roots or stumps from : clear or break up the surface of by digging < loggers cut off the virgin timber and farmers grubbed out their clearings — R.A.Billington > < women and children helped to grub the land — E.H.Collis > 2. a. : to dig up by the roots : root out by digging < a palmetto was grubbed from the site — American Guide Series: Florida > < grubbing up bulbs and edible roots — E.J.Sawyer > < grubbing out stumps might be a long and costly business — American Guide Series: Minnesota > b. : to extract especially by digging < followed by sappers who grubbed up the mines — J.F.C.Fuller > < grubbed the mote as well as I could by the deficient light — Joseph Furphy > c. : to bring to light, assemble, or acquire by plodding, painful, or tedious effort < barely grubbing a subsistence — Daniel Friedenberg > < the task of grubbing out new data — J.D.Hicks > < seems to have grubbed his materials together — A.S.Stein > 3. : to provide with food : feed < five children to grub > *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to dig in or under the ground especially for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate < grubbing in the earth for potatoes > < grubbed for clams on the mud flats > < scholars will grub in the ruins for … records and fragments — W.P.Webb > b. : to search about especially laboriously as if by digging : rummage < grubbed hopelessly about the cupboard shelves — Arthur Morrison > < love to grub through junk shops — Leo Lerman > < grubbed in the countryside for food and fuel — Lamp > < to grub for origins is none of my business — Clive Bell > 2. : to lead a laborious or a drearily plodding life : toil, drudge < grubbing along from day to day > < have to begin grubbing all over again — Ellen Glasgow > < folks who grub for money — James Street > 3. : to take food : eat < time to grub > Synonyms: see dig II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English grobbe, grubbe, from grobben, grubben, v. 1. : a soft thick wormlike larva of an insect (as a beetle) 2. a. : a dull unattractive person : drudge b. : a person of grubby or slovenly appearance or of unpleasant or ill-bred manners 3. : food, victuals < a pot of coffee on the fire and warm grub — F.B.Gipson > 4. : a root or stump in the ground
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