burrow
意味
- (ウサギ・キツネなどの)穴
- (土中に)穴を掘る
- 穴に住む,潜伏する
- 捜す,探る
- 〈丘など〉に穴を
- 掘る
- 〈身など〉を隠す
例文
A clever rabbit has three burrows.
賢いウサギは、３つの住処を持っている。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwelling, stronghold, refuge”) (see borough) and thus from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), but this sense is not known in Old English burh. Compare, however, Dutch cognate burcht, which has a similar sense. It may be related to bury (“to dig”), in which case it would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, defend, save, preserve”).