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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Grub \Grub\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grubbed}, p. pr. & vb. n.
{Grubbing}.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab, grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object
that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in
digging.
2. To drudge; to do menial work. --Richardson.
Grub \Grub\, v. t.
1. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; --
followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.
They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.
--Hare.
2. To supply with food. [Slang] --Dickens.
Grub \Grub\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle;
-- called also grubworm. See Illust. of {Goldsmith
beetle}, under {Goldsmith}.
Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
{Grub ax} or {axe}, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up
roots, etc.
{Grub breaker}. Same as {Grub hook} (below).
{Grub hoe}, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
{Grub hook}, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
{Grub saw}, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
{Grub Street}, a street in London (now called {Milton
Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as ``much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet.''
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
资料来源 : WordNet®
grub
v 1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: {mooch}, {bum}, {cadge},
{sponge}]
2: search about busily
[also: {grubbing}, {grubbed}]
grub
n 1: informal terms for a meal [syn: {chow}, {chuck}, {eats}]
2: a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other
insects
[also: {grubbing}, {grubbed}]