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1. Oxford Dictionary

   grub

   • IPA[ɡrʌb]

   英式

   • n.
     the larva of an insect, especially a beetle；a maggot or small caterpillar.
   • v.
     dig or poke about 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 pub 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 about in soil the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms 同義詞 dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel, poke about, ... 更多poke around, scratch about, scratch around, rake through, sift through, explore, probe, literarydelve
   • ▪ remove something from the earth by digging it up many miles of hedgerows were grubbed up construction operations including clearing and grubbing 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 in a clumsy and unmethodical manner I began grubbing about in the waste-paper basket to find the envelope 同義詞 search, hunt, delve, dig, rummage, ... 更多scrabble, scour, probe, ferret (about), ferret (around), root, rifle, fish, poke, go through, turn upside down, turn inside out, informalrootle, fossick through, rareroust
   • 3. work hard, especially at a dull or demeaning task she has achieved 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, labour, 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