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Definition of grub in English: grubnounPlural grubs ɡrʌbɡrəb 1The larva of an insect, especially a beetle. 蛴螬；昆虫的幼虫 my onions are ruined by small grubs eating the roots Example sentencesExamples - Dwarf mongooses mainly feed on insects like termites, locusts, beetles, grubs, larvae and spiders.
- However, these grubs are the larvae of beetles, most commonly the June beetle in this area.
- In the dark of the night, the rat-size slow-moving animals sniff with their long tubular snouts for ants, insects, grubs, and small reptiles that venture forth.
- This year flea beetles, white grubs, seed corn maggots and wireworms generated a lot of discussion.
- Early fall, when grubs feed near the surface, is the best time to control them.
- On hatching of eggs, the grubs feed on soft tissues inside the trunk.
- Squash any grub and, if the plant is worth saving, wash the roots and pot up into new compost.
- An example would be genes for insecticidal proteins to fight white grubs and other pests.
- They collect twelve species of mushrooms, four types of termites, crickets, three types of grubs, and twelve species of caterpillars.
- If the early stand loss is a result of seedcorn maggot, wireworm, grubs, or early cutworm infestation, timely response with rescue treatments may not be feasible.
- Insect larvae such as leatherjackets and chafer grubs, which feed on grass roots, have now reached a size and state of succulence that tempts birds to dig for them, spoiling lawns in the process.
- Moles have small, sharp incisors and canine teeth that are used for catching and eating grubs and earthworms.
- Soil-applied insecticides recommended for control of rootworm larvae also may prevent early stand losses due to wireworms, grubs, seedcorn maggot, and seedcorn beetles.
- Beetle grubs can turn a fine looking lawn into a patchwork quilt of yellow spots.
- Perhaps it's best not to think of the sea of grubs, flies and beetles there must be underfoot.
- A larva is an insect in a state of development (displaying little or no similarity to the adult form) lasting from the time of its leaving the egg until its transformation into a pupa, e.g. a grub or a caterpillar.
- He would sit in the centre of the grass, gaping and gawping, while the parent birds rushed back and forth to find nourishing grubs and suitable insects to stuff down his throat.
- Underneath, white grubs with brown heads lie curled on the soil's surface.
- If mountain pine beetle grubs were to become an urban delicacy, then we could rescue the inland forests while offering an alternative to mushroom picking and tree planting summer jobs for B.C.'s youth.
- No matter, I have seen their crazy joy at lesser things - a beetle grub, a lost dragonfly.
- 1.1 A maggot or small caterpillar.
蛆；小毛虫
2informal mass noun Food. 〈非正式〉食物 a popular bar serving excellent pub grub 一个供应非常好的酒吧食品的广受欢迎的酒吧。 Example sentencesExamples - This here pub opens at noon on parade day to serve up Irish stew and other good grub, with live, lively Irish music.
- There are plenty of restaurants and good pubs with good grub in the town and in nearby villages.
- As for grub, you have your choice of a traditional snack bar, ice cream treats, hot dogs, pizza or a trip to the coffee bar.
- I must say it is rather a bind to be dragged in and out of these promotional bashes, where a family home has been hijacked so that freeloading guests can scoff beer and grub in the back garden.
- A small kitchen serving good quality basic pub grub completes the menu.
- I grabbed some grub and found a seat, settling in for a three-hour seminar on fundraising.
- Apparently the place is loved in some circles for its heaping helpings of Greek grub.
- The CDs were handed out with fast food grub as part of a joint initiative between the two companies.
- The kitchens follow the tradition of the infamous chef Vatel by serving lavish grub, as in the days of King Louis XIV.
- Located near to the town centre, the monastically themed bar offers traditional pub grub from 12.30 pm to 2.45 pm.
- "There's some decent grub at the mess hall, " Catherine said.
- Lemurs, meanwhile, are usually lefties when it comes to grabbing their grub.
- They were expensive for pub grub at £7.50 each, but sounded succulent.
- Beans and franks are fine for some but these staples of campfire grub don't have to make an appearance on your holiday menu.
- Food shops line the outer edges (selling, for a Brit, remarkably reassuring grub like sausage rolls, meat pies and fish and chips).
- He compliments her food but surely anything would taste good after prison grub.
- If all you want is a plate of grub, there are lots of places you can get food where that's all you pay for.
- This year's event will include delights ranging from a First Class Food Day to an Organic and Vegetarian Day, with world food, British food and wedding grub all on the agenda, too.
- More traditional grub, such as a cheese and onion pasty or Scotch egg, follows in the evening.
- Although it is not a food show, local grub plays a prominent part.
Synonyms food, nourishment, sustenance, nutriment, subsistence, fare, bread, daily bread
verbgrubbed, grubbing, grubs ɡrʌbɡrəb 1no object, with adverbial Dig or poke about in soil. the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms 獾刨土觅虫对牧场所造成的破坏。 Example sentencesExamples - The craze for ferns and the craving for grubbing in rock-pools at the seaside, popularised by Gosse's engaging handbooks, went hand in hand with the plant display cases and marine aquaria that festooned countless parlours.
- Politicians in this country have been grubbing through the embers of the American election to see what they can learn.
- It keeps to the bottom, grubbing for insect larvae.
- I think maybe he's spent so long grubbing around down there that he finds it hard to see the good in people.
- Last fall, students went grubbing under rocks looking for glowworms and learning about the phases of the moon.
- Sometimes only bubbles can be seen on the surface as they grub around the bottom for food.
- It will do anything you could possibly want, if you are prepared to grub about in templates, add-ons, and configuration files.
- Instead of appealing to our higher faculties and social conscience, the campaigns have grubbed about in our pockets, offering a little bit more here, a little bit less there.
- Lake sturgeon are slow moving fish, spending most of their time grubbing on the bottom for food.
- This fish obviously earns its living grubbing about the bottom and scavenging.
- All three parties have spent so much time grubbing about in the undergrowth of politics that Gordon Brown's Saturday call to remember the high ground of issues sent a shock wave through the nation.
- He was an illiterate village urchin grubbing around with goats and chickens till the age of 12.
- We no longer go off into the forest, hunting for our game and grubbing for roots and berries.
- You spent four years in Africa, in England, in France, grubbing around in the insides of airplane engines and then they shipped you to an air base on a godforsaken island.
- The down-to-earth boffin has been kicking up a stink about excrement studies and grubbing around in old filth for more than 30 years.
- It seems to me that when a once great Tory Party is reduced to grubbing around in its opponents’ expenses to try and score points, it has indeed become small-minded and mean.
Synonyms dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel poke about/around, scratch about/around, rake through, sift through, explore, probe literary delve - 1.1grub something up/outwith object Remove something from the earth by digging it up.
（从土中）挖出，掘出 many miles of hedgerows were grubbed up construction operations including clearing and grubbing 包括清理场地和挖除树根的建筑施工。 Example sentencesExamples - Those hundreds, or thousands, or hundreds of thousands of miles of hedge that have been grubbed up every week since the war, well, I'm damned if I can see where they went.
- My grandad has grubbed out a bed for nasturtiums, and trained them up a wall.
- The portion of the canyon to receive the initial refuse was prepared by clearing and grubbing the native vegetation.
- The alternative is to grub out a well-established hedge and replace it with a fence, thereby losing habitat for birds and insects.
- Over the winter months we've been doing a great deal of clearing up on our part-neglected croft garden, grubbing out and shredding dead shrubs and cutting back those that have either grown too large or are crowding others.
- If a fence be an old bad one, grub it up and raise a new one.
- Ted and Mary thought sport was a waste of time - the boys could expend plenty of energy grubbing thistles, or helping with hay making on the farm.
- It can either be grubbed up and burnt or ploughed under.
- A new surface was laid over half the length of each road before it was discovered it was totally unsuitable and had to be grubbed up, to be replaced with a surface that is not compatible with the stated concept of a Home Zone.
- We could solve London's housing crisis by levelling its historic buildings, grubbing up the parks and building high-rise homes in their place.
- I plant carrots late, just so I have lots of them for winter; if I've protected them with a mulch of hay, I can keep grubbing them out through the season.
- Wine varieties were grubbed up and table and raisin varieties were planted in their place.
Synonyms dig up, unearth, disinter, uproot, root out, root up, pull up, pull out, tear out, take out of the ground literary deracinate
2no object, with adverbial Search in a clumsy and unmethodical manner. 笨拙地搜寻，不讲究方法地翻找 I began grubbing about in the waste-paper basket to find the envelope 我开始在废纸篓里乱翻，想要找到那个信封。 Synonyms search, hunt, delve, dig, rummage, scrabble, scour, probe, ferret (about/around), root, rifle, fish, poke go through, turn upside down, turn inside out British informal rootle Australian/New Zealand informal fossick through rare roust 3no object, with adverbial Work hard, especially at a dull or demeaning task. she has achieved independence without having to grub for it 她没有吃什么苦就实现了物质上的独立。 Example sentencesExamples - He had to use a pseudonym to continue to write, and continue to write he did, for years, while William Shakespeare, whose name is used, went unwittingly on, grubbing for money in Stratford.
- The freedom to sit here and enjoy the show without having to rush down there and start grubbing for coins.
- A composer of classical music can secure a living or even performances only with difficulty, so the tendency is to grub away in isolation, writing to satisfy, not a consumer, but an inner need.
- It's an intriguing question: why is grubbing for dough held in a higher regard than grubbing for votes?
- It is supposed to be strictly a commerce-free zone - not exactly a public service, maybe, but also not a place to grub for the Almighty Dollar.
- Anyway, we didn't stay at the reception very long - too many people, too hot and I always find people grubbing for free food somewhat disturbing.
- I don't like to look like I'm grubbing for money.
- Talk to me in a few years and maybe I'll be like all the other jaded researchers grubbing for money.
- This is a clear attempt to scratch the itch of racism, homophobia and bigotry and pander to the culturally insecure in order to grub for votes.
Synonyms work hard, toil, labour, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a dog, work like a trojan, work day and night, exert oneself, keep at it, keep one's nose to the grindstone, grind, slave, plough, plod, peg - 3.1with object Achieve or acquire (something) by doing demeaning work.
通过干贱活获取，拼命苦干以得到 they were grubbing a living from garbage pails 他们靠拣垃圾维生。 Example sentencesExamples - He is a born loner used to corrupting words to grub a living.
- It's funny, in a way, at least if you overlook the fact that people's lives are being ruined so that he can grub a few more votes.
- But then, this isn't really any change - he's already shown that he's willing to inflame racial tensions with lies in order to grub votes.
- And it never ceases to amaze me when I see a fit woman grubbing French fries and pizza.
- Furthermore, what about those American evangelists with their glib messages, grubbing a few dollars there and few pounds here?
- Vineyards outside the official wine region were summarily grubbed up by the authorities.
- That's why he's willing to use them as an election-year football in order to grub votes from rednecks.
- A significant strand of our ancestors fled halfway around the world to try and grub a living out of the forest and the swamp to escape the workhouse and the orphanage - not to recreate them.
- But who cares about that - or about human rights, or medical ethics - when you can grub votes?
- If the Government is reduced to grubbing the votes of its most backward-looking, antediluvian backbenchers, then what is it in office for?
Synonyms slave, toil, labour, grind, plod, sweat, struggle, strive, overwork oneself, work very hard, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog, keep one's nose to the grindstone informal slog away, plug away, peg away, kill oneself, put one's back into it, sweat blood, knock oneself out British informal graft, fag archaic drudge, travail, moil
OriginMiddle English: perhaps related to Dutch grobbelen, also to grave1. grunge from [1960s]: Before it became associated with rock music, grunge was generally used to mean ‘grime or dirt’. It was formed from grungy, a word that was coined in the 1960s, probably by blending grubby (from the state you get in when you grub (Middle English) or dig) and dingy (a M18th word of unknown origin, but perhaps related to dung). In the 1990s grunge became the term for a style of rock music in which the guitar is played raucously and the lyrics delivered in a lazy vocal style. Among well-known practitioners of grunge were Seattle-based groups such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
Rhymesblub, bub, chub, Chubb, club, cub, drub, dub, flub, hub, nub, pub, rub, scrub, shrub, slub, snub, stub, sub, tub Definition of grub in US English: grubnounɡrəbɡrəb 1The larva of an insect, especially a beetle. 蛴螬；昆虫的幼虫 Example sentencesExamples - In the dark of the night, the rat-size slow-moving animals sniff with their long tubular snouts for ants, insects, grubs, and small reptiles that venture forth.
- No matter, I have seen their crazy joy at lesser things - a beetle grub, a lost dragonfly.
- Insect larvae such as leatherjackets and chafer grubs, which feed on grass roots, have now reached a size and state of succulence that tempts birds to dig for them, spoiling lawns in the process.
- If mountain pine beetle grubs were to become an urban delicacy, then we could rescue the inland forests while offering an alternative to mushroom picking and tree planting summer jobs for B.C.'s youth.
- Early fall, when grubs feed near the surface, is the best time to control them.
- However, these grubs are the larvae of beetles, most commonly the June beetle in this area.
- Squash any grub and, if the plant is worth saving, wash the roots and pot up into new compost.
- Moles have small, sharp incisors and canine teeth that are used for catching and eating grubs and earthworms.
- Perhaps it's best not to think of the sea of grubs, flies and beetles there must be underfoot.
- He would sit in the centre of the grass, gaping and gawping, while the parent birds rushed back and forth to find nourishing grubs and suitable insects to stuff down his throat.
- Underneath, white grubs with brown heads lie curled on the soil's surface.
- If the early stand loss is a result of seedcorn maggot, wireworm, grubs, or early cutworm infestation, timely response with rescue treatments may not be feasible.
- On hatching of eggs, the grubs feed on soft tissues inside the trunk.
- This year flea beetles, white grubs, seed corn maggots and wireworms generated a lot of discussion.
- A larva is an insect in a state of development (displaying little or no similarity to the adult form) lasting from the time of its leaving the egg until its transformation into a pupa, e.g. a grub or a caterpillar.
- Soil-applied insecticides recommended for control of rootworm larvae also may prevent early stand losses due to wireworms, grubs, seedcorn maggot, and seedcorn beetles.
- An example would be genes for insecticidal proteins to fight white grubs and other pests.
- Beetle grubs can turn a fine looking lawn into a patchwork quilt of yellow spots.
- Dwarf mongooses mainly feed on insects like termites, locusts, beetles, grubs, larvae and spiders.
- They collect twelve species of mushrooms, four types of termites, crickets, three types of grubs, and twelve species of caterpillars.
- 1.1 A maggot or small caterpillar.
蛆；小毛虫
2informal Food. 〈非正式〉食物 a popular bar serving excellent grub 一个供应非常好的酒吧食品的广受欢迎的酒吧。 Example sentencesExamples - I must say it is rather a bind to be dragged in and out of these promotional bashes, where a family home has been hijacked so that freeloading guests can scoff beer and grub in the back garden.
- They were expensive for pub grub at £7.50 each, but sounded succulent.
- Although it is not a food show, local grub plays a prominent part.
- "There's some decent grub at the mess hall, " Catherine said.
- I grabbed some grub and found a seat, settling in for a three-hour seminar on fundraising.
- This here pub opens at noon on parade day to serve up Irish stew and other good grub, with live, lively Irish music.
- If all you want is a plate of grub, there are lots of places you can get food where that's all you pay for.
- Beans and franks are fine for some but these staples of campfire grub don't have to make an appearance on your holiday menu.
- The kitchens follow the tradition of the infamous chef Vatel by serving lavish grub, as in the days of King Louis XIV.
- The CDs were handed out with fast food grub as part of a joint initiative between the two companies.
- A small kitchen serving good quality basic pub grub completes the menu.
- Apparently the place is loved in some circles for its heaping helpings of Greek grub.
- He compliments her food but surely anything would taste good after prison grub.
- Located near to the town centre, the monastically themed bar offers traditional pub grub from 12.30 pm to 2.45 pm.
- More traditional grub, such as a cheese and onion pasty or Scotch egg, follows in the evening.
- Lemurs, meanwhile, are usually lefties when it comes to grabbing their grub.
- As for grub, you have your choice of a traditional snack bar, ice cream treats, hot dogs, pizza or a trip to the coffee bar.
- Food shops line the outer edges (selling, for a Brit, remarkably reassuring grub like sausage rolls, meat pies and fish and chips).
- This year's event will include delights ranging from a First Class Food Day to an Organic and Vegetarian Day, with world food, British food and wedding grub all on the agenda, too.
- There are plenty of restaurants and good pubs with good grub in the town and in nearby villages.
Synonyms food, nourishment, sustenance, nutriment, subsistence, fare, bread, daily bread
verbɡrəbɡrəb 1Dig or poke superficially at the earth; dig shallowly in soil. 刨地；浅挖 the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms 獾刨土觅虫对牧场所造成的破坏。 Example sentencesExamples - It will do anything you could possibly want, if you are prepared to grub about in templates, add-ons, and configuration files.
- Instead of appealing to our higher faculties and social conscience, the campaigns have grubbed about in our pockets, offering a little bit more here, a little bit less there.
- All three parties have spent so much time grubbing about in the undergrowth of politics that Gordon Brown's Saturday call to remember the high ground of issues sent a shock wave through the nation.
- He was an illiterate village urchin grubbing around with goats and chickens till the age of 12.
- We no longer go off into the forest, hunting for our game and grubbing for roots and berries.
- It seems to me that when a once great Tory Party is reduced to grubbing around in its opponents’ expenses to try and score points, it has indeed become small-minded and mean.
- Sometimes only bubbles can be seen on the surface as they grub around the bottom for food.
- Last fall, students went grubbing under rocks looking for glowworms and learning about the phases of the moon.
- It keeps to the bottom, grubbing for insect larvae.
- Politicians in this country have been grubbing through the embers of the American election to see what they can learn.
- The down-to-earth boffin has been kicking up a stink about excrement studies and grubbing around in old filth for more than 30 years.
- This fish obviously earns its living grubbing about the bottom and scavenging.
- The craze for ferns and the craving for grubbing in rock-pools at the seaside, popularised by Gosse's engaging handbooks, went hand in hand with the plant display cases and marine aquaria that festooned countless parlours.
- Lake sturgeon are slow moving fish, spending most of their time grubbing on the bottom for food.
- I think maybe he's spent so long grubbing around down there that he finds it hard to see the good in people.
- You spent four years in Africa, in England, in France, grubbing around in the insides of airplane engines and then they shipped you to an air base on a godforsaken island.
Synonyms dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel - 1.1with object Remove (something) from the earth by digging it up.
（从土中）挖出，掘出 construction operations including clearing and grubbing 包括清理场地和挖除树根的建筑施工。 all the vines are grubbed up and the land left fallow for a few years 所有的藤蔓被连根掘起后这块地闲置了几年。 Example sentencesExamples - The alternative is to grub out a well-established hedge and replace it with a fence, thereby losing habitat for birds and insects.
- A new surface was laid over half the length of each road before it was discovered it was totally unsuitable and had to be grubbed up, to be replaced with a surface that is not compatible with the stated concept of a Home Zone.
- Ted and Mary thought sport was a waste of time - the boys could expend plenty of energy grubbing thistles, or helping with hay making on the farm.
- We could solve London's housing crisis by levelling its historic buildings, grubbing up the parks and building high-rise homes in their place.
- It can either be grubbed up and burnt or ploughed under.
- My grandad has grubbed out a bed for nasturtiums, and trained them up a wall.
- The portion of the canyon to receive the initial refuse was prepared by clearing and grubbing the native vegetation.
- Wine varieties were grubbed up and table and raisin varieties were planted in their place.
- I plant carrots late, just so I have lots of them for winter; if I've protected them with a mulch of hay, I can keep grubbing them out through the season.
- Those hundreds, or thousands, or hundreds of thousands of miles of hedge that have been grubbed up every week since the war, well, I'm damned if I can see where they went.
- If a fence be an old bad one, grub it up and raise a new one.
- Over the winter months we've been doing a great deal of clearing up on our part-neglected croft garden, grubbing out and shredding dead shrubs and cutting back those that have either grown too large or are crowding others.
Synonyms dig up, unearth, disinter, uproot, root out, root up, pull up, pull out, tear out, take out of the ground
2Search for something in a clumsy and unmethodical manner; rummage. 笨拙地搜寻，不讲究方法地翻找 I began grubbing about in the wastepaper basket to find the envelope 我开始在废纸篓里乱翻，想要找到那个信封。 Synonyms search, hunt, delve, dig, rummage, scrabble, scour, probe, ferret, ferret about, ferret around, root, rifle, fish, poke 3Do demeaning or humiliating work in order to achieve something. 干贱活，苦干 she has achieved material independence without having to grub for it 她没有吃什么苦就实现了物质上的独立。 Example sentencesExamples - Talk to me in a few years and maybe I'll be like all the other jaded researchers grubbing for money.
- This is a clear attempt to scratch the itch of racism, homophobia and bigotry and pander to the culturally insecure in order to grub for votes.
- A composer of classical music can secure a living or even performances only with difficulty, so the tendency is to grub away in isolation, writing to satisfy, not a consumer, but an inner need.
- The freedom to sit here and enjoy the show without having to rush down there and start grubbing for coins.
- It's an intriguing question: why is grubbing for dough held in a higher regard than grubbing for votes?
- I don't like to look like I'm grubbing for money.
- Anyway, we didn't stay at the reception very long - too many people, too hot and I always find people grubbing for free food somewhat disturbing.
- It is supposed to be strictly a commerce-free zone - not exactly a public service, maybe, but also not a place to grub for the Almighty Dollar.
- He had to use a pseudonym to continue to write, and continue to write he did, for years, while William Shakespeare, whose name is used, went unwittingly on, grubbing for money in Stratford.
Synonyms work hard, toil, labour, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a dog, work like a trojan, work day and night, exert oneself, keep at it, keep one's nose to the grindstone, grind, slave, plough, plod, peg - 3.1with object Achieve or acquire (something) by doing demeaning work.
通过干贱活获取，拼命苦干以得到 they were grubbing a living from garbage pails 他们靠拣垃圾维生。 Example sentencesExamples - It's funny, in a way, at least if you overlook the fact that people's lives are being ruined so that he can grub a few more votes.
- Vineyards outside the official wine region were summarily grubbed up by the authorities.
- That's why he's willing to use them as an election-year football in order to grub votes from rednecks.
- But then, this isn't really any change - he's already shown that he's willing to inflame racial tensions with lies in order to grub votes.
- And it never ceases to amaze me when I see a fit woman grubbing French fries and pizza.
- A significant strand of our ancestors fled halfway around the world to try and grub a living out of the forest and the swamp to escape the workhouse and the orphanage - not to recreate them.
- Furthermore, what about those American evangelists with their glib messages, grubbing a few dollars there and few pounds here?
- But who cares about that - or about human rights, or medical ethics - when you can grub votes?
- He is a born loner used to corrupting words to grub a living.
- If the Government is reduced to grubbing the votes of its most backward-looking, antediluvian backbenchers, then what is it in office for?
Synonyms slave, toil, labour, grind, plod, sweat, struggle, strive, overwork oneself, work very hard, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a dog, work like a trojan, keep one's nose to the grindstone
OriginMiddle English: perhaps related to Dutch grobbelen, also to grave. |