grubbing是什么意思？

grubbing

英[ɡ'rʌbɪŋ] 美[ɡ'rʌbɪŋ]

• v. （急切地但通常为不得法地）寻找（尤指资料）( grub的现在分词 )，挖土，找到（不好的人或东西），掘出；

例句

• 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.
• Farmers are grubbing up ancient varieties of crops. 农民正在掘除自古以来就一直种植的各种作物。
• I simply cannot face grubbing through all this paper. 我简直受不了要翻阅这么多文件。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （昆虫的）幼虫，蛆
  A grub is a young insect which has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm.
• N-UNCOUNT
  食物；吃的
  Grub is food.
  例句
  Get yourself some grub and come and sit down. 你自己去盛些吃的，过来坐下吃。
• VERB
  翻找；搜寻
  If you grub around, you search for something.
  例句
  I simply cannot face grubbing through all this paper. 我简直受不了要翻阅这么多文件。