"rabbit-hole, fox-hole, etc.," c. 1300, borewe, from Old English burgh "stronghold, fortress" (see borough); influenced by bergh "hill," and berwen "to defend, take refuge."
burrow (v.)
c. 1600, "to place in a burrow, from burrow (n.). Figuratively (such as to burrow (one's) head) by 1862. Intransitive sense, "to bore one's way into, penetrate" is from 1610s, originally figurative (literal sense, of animals, attested by 1771). Related: Burrowed; borrowing.
中文解释
1. *burg- / *bourg- 'protect, fortress' (whence also bury), a variant of *berg- (source of English barrow 'mound' and German berg 'mountain, hill') and *borg- (source of English borrow).2. *burg- / *bourg- meaning began to change from 'fortress', through 'fortified town', to simply 'town'.3. *burg- 'protect, fortress' => burrow.4. => the place used to protect or fortress.5. burrow：扒肉。肉埋在洞里了，挖开洞把肉扒出来——挖洞；地洞。6. 谐音“扒喽，扒露”----扒开洞穴喽，扒开泥土露出洞穴。7. bury => burrow.
实用例句
1. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow.