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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   grub

   • IPA[ɡrəb]

   美式

   • n.
     the larva of an insect, especially a beetle；a maggot or small caterpillar.
   • v.
     dig or poke superficially at the earth; dig shallowly in soil；remove (something) from the earth by digging it up

   • verb: grub, 3rd person present: grubs, gerund or present participle: grubbing, past tense: grubbed, past participle: grubbed

   • noun: grub, plural noun: grubs

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the larva of an insect, especially a beetle my onions are ruined by small grubs eating the roots
   • ▪ a maggot or small caterpillar. 同義詞 larva, maggot, caterpillar
   • 2. informal food a popular bar serving excellent grub 同義詞 food, nourishment, sustenance, nutriment, subsistence, ... 更多fare, bread, daily bread, cooking, baking, cuisine, foodstuffs, edibles, refreshments, meals, provisions, rations, stores, supplies, solids, vivers, informaleats, eatables, nosh, chow, nibbles, scoff, tuck, chuck, archaicvictuals, vittles, viands, commons, meat, rarecomestibles, provender, aliment, commissariat, viaticum

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. dig or poke superficially at the earth; dig shallowly in soil the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms 同義詞 dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel, poke around, ... 更多scratch around, rake through, sift through, explore, probe, literarydelve
   • ▪ remove (something) from the earth by digging it up construction operations including clearing and grubbing all the vines are grubbed up and the land left fallow for a few years 同義詞 dig up, unearth, disinter, uproot, root out, ... 更多root up, pull up, pull out, tear out, take out of the ground, literaryderacinate反義詞 plant
   • 2. search for something in a clumsy and unmethodical manner; rummage I began grubbing about in the wastepaper basket to find the envelope 同義詞 search, hunt, delve, dig, rummage, ... 更多scrabble, scour, probe, ferret (around), root, rifle, fish, poke, go through, turn upside down, turn inside out, informalrootle, fossick through, rareroust
   • 3. do demeaning or humiliating work in order to achieve something she has achieved material independence without having to grub for it
   • ▪ achieve or acquire (something) by doing demeaning work they were grubbing a living from garbage pails 同義詞 slave, toil, labor, grind, plod, ... 更多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, informalslog away, plug away, peg away, kill oneself, put one's back into it, sweat blood, knock oneself out, graft, fag, archaicdrudge, travail, moil反義詞 take it easy