| 单词 | grub out |
| 例句 | I couldn’t think at first what would make the sort of light I needed, then recollected a clump of bear grass that Mama’d recently grubbed out, where she wanted to start a new fall garden. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Rita and Tendai Fired up the old coal stove in the kitchen, cut grubs out of the guavas and boiled the squash. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid we’d end up eating dandelions, digging wild turnips and grubs out of the ground to stay alive. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Opera Holland Park, whose new Francesca is the last staging of another ambitious season, has a gift for grubbing out Italian verismo truffles from the turn of the 20th century. Opera Holland Park: Francesca da Rimini, Fantastic Mr Fox; BBC Proms 24 & 25 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z It is a mighty plant, almost impossible to kill because its deep, thick roots are merely encouraged by being grubbed out: Even small bits left in the ground will regenerate. Comfrey: A tonic for plants and bees but toxic for us That they use tools we've known about for ages – sticks to winkle grubs out of holes, rocks to break shells etc. TV review: Super Smart Animals; Roger & Val Have Just Got In 2012-02-08T22:30:01Z For example, the aye-aye, a mammal native to Madagascar, has evolved to have an extra long middle finger, which it can use to dig grubs out of trees. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They are famous for their strange, skinny, long fingers, which they use to fish grubs out of branches. Nose-picking primates spark scientific quest 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Crows from New Caledonia, an island in the South Pacific, can break off pieces of a branch to form a hook, using it to pull a grub out of a log, for instance. Can Crows Make Mental Pictures of Tools? 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z It was used extensively in its native Europe to make thatched roofs and, according to information from MSU, once established it is nearly impossible to grub out by hand. Wildlife groups battle invasive species at St. Johns Marsh 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Any other man would have grubbed out all that withered stuff about the house and chopped back the bush behind it. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z I don't know any other place where one can grub out enough to eat quite so easily. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z They must be cut down; then their roots must be grubbed out; so I resolved to make a clean job of it, and give the field a thorough trenching. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z The oak-wood is not only cut, but the roots are grubbed out, and the land left ready for the plow. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z The woodpecker must sink a hole at right angles to this channel and draw the big grub out through his small, rough-sided hole. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z When I went after him your father told me that Harry was grubbing out some brush in the old pasture lot. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z They’re too lazy 70 to fell the trees, let alone grub out the roots or break up the soil. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z By that time the welcome sound of the bugle called us to meat and coffee, and after dinner sufficient room was grubbed out to stretch a picket-rope and tie our horses. An Artilleryman's Diary The Earth is slowly starvin', and you take the grub out of some feller's mouth who might could help a little. Thy Rocks and Rills "Good, the old man's goin' to take the grub out to 'em himself," thought the Deacon with relief. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys We should grub out worse thickets, drain worse swamps, terrace more discouraging hillsides, irrigate more remote and barren deserts, etc. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy Of food there was plenty—fruits which grew in profusion, and some roots which Nini grubbed out of the earth. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 But if you spend all your life trying to grub out more riches you will lose your appreciation of art.” Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp It proved to be weeding with a clawlike thing that, wielded by Aunt Jessica’s right hand, grubbed out weeds as fast as she could toss them into a basket with her left. The Camerons of Highboro For an hour or two he toiled hard, grubbing out hundredweights of soil and gravel from round about the rock. Thurston of Orchard Valley Some day, perhaps, I'll grub out these hedges and make room for the tractors to rip a furrow right across the farms. Partners of the Out-Trail The boss there set me to grubbing out oaks, and I can assure you it was a relief after driving those mules. A California Girl It is pleasanter to drive a team of eight horses over cleared land than to grub out dockweed and thistles all alone in one corner.’ A Princess in Calico Risks there were of course—the rush of a charging boulder, or a sudden descent of shale, while occasionally a partly grubbed out trunk came thundering down before it was expected to. Lorimer of the Northwest He chopped them all down and had the roots grubbed out. Sundry Accounts Does he wish to chisel a grub out of the bark of a tree? Our Bird Comrades Now the ground is clean, no stumps to grub out, and ready for a cover-crop or clean cultivation. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 And the old woodsman, busy grubbing out a narrow cellar under his cabin, was happy in his purchase. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life While the serious, stubborn English were grubbing out the foundations of great states on the Atlantic coast, it must be confessed these happy folks cared little about developing the rich Mississippi valley. Heroes of the Middle West The French Where green timber has to be cleared off the land it is ringbarked first, and the trees allowed to die before they are grubbed out. Wheat Growing in Australia Out in Kansas the other day a single walnut tree stump, grubbed out on the banks of a creek in Geary County brought the farmer $250. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 Only those remained who were old or crippled, and a few—a very few—who had undertaken to grub out tiny farms among the stumps. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest "I'll rig up a camp, and you keep your eyes on them while you're getting some of the grub out," the small guide proposed. Messenger No. 48 If I find anything bitter about my food, even here in barracks, I'm going to toss the grub out. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros Everyone of these trees had to be grubbed out. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Look at me with just enough pension to keep body and soul together, and tryin' to grub out a little farm. Mitch Miller “I say, though,” said Courtenay, “who is that chap grubbing out the slugs and snails?” Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden They issued our grub out to us to cook. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Benedict at first ordered him to take an ax and work with the servants at grubbing out underbrush and preparing a field for planting. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers This land is very rough and was originally covered with heavy timber, in fact, about one-third of our large orchard was cleared and grubbed out the fall before planting. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Miss Joyce said for me to get this wagonload of grub out soon as I could. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Yes, I have left my own plantation, and am grubbing out a modest and sometimes a rather precarious existence elsewhere. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 They are working two teams, every day and Sunday, while daylight lasts, grubbing out the sage-brush for planting. The Rim of the Desert Jarge had a very narrow escape when grubbing out an old willow overhanging a pool. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor We leased a claim and had our cabin done, waiting for snow to fall so's to sled our grub out to the creek. Pardners The willows have been grubbed out imis sedibus, as our friend Virgil would say it, and not merely chopped off; and the thoroughness of the work gives emphasis to the satisfaction. Reveries of a Schoolmaster You must grub out the roots that have grown in, too. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol But, my, we can go right ahead and set a crew of men to grubbing out the sage on both sections to once. The Rim of the Desert As we forded the Maquoketa he laughed at the settlers working at the timber, grubbing out stumps, burning off the logs, struggling with roots. Vandemark's Folly The stumps were grubbed out of the clearings, and different kinds of grains and roots were planted. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Who would grub out his life in the same croft, when he has free-warren of all fields between this and Rhine? The Saint's Tragedy I wish you would take a mattock," he said to the man nearest him, "and grub out all the plants in the trail. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol Some of the neighbours thought that to drive two rails every so often, lay up the fences straight, and grub out the shrubs was the way, but father said they were vastly mistaken. Laddie; a true blue story They had been grubbed up, but they had not been grubbed out. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The women do all the work, such as building huts, carrying water, digging up roots, and procuring grubs out of the wattle and grass-trees. The Bushman — Life in a New Country The undergrowth was grubbed out and also piled and burned. Thirty Years a Slave Charley spread the grub out on his blanket and put the dishes together near the fire. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol Hadn't I better bring the grub out here? Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch And I saw him picking some fat white grubs out of those old rotten stumps we passed at the time we rested, an hour back. At Whispering Pine Lodge Clyde's money was there still, lying no more than two feet from where Pedronez and Lucina had walked over it eighteen months, grubbing out a poor living. The Belted Seas The peasant may grope in the bowels of earth, And for treasure may greedily moil He digs and he delves through life for the pelf, And digs till he grubs out a grave for himself. Wallenstein's Camp Even the roots of the bushes had been grubbed out, so that the path was smooth and clean. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol The old rail fence had been moved back and the fence row thoroughly grubbed out before the wire fence was strung. Hidden Treasure Somebody has gone to work and planked that old skid-road and put up a hand-railing on each side, while the trail through the Giants has been grubbed out and smoothed over. The Valley of the Giants Hunger got the victory over pride of rank, and his boat-steering majesty had to take his grub out of our kid, and eat with his jack-knife. Two Years Before the Mast He digs and he delves through life for the pelf, And digs till he grubs out a grave for himself. Wallenstein's Camp "Over home," replied Creaker, pulling a white grub out of the roots of the grass. The Burgess Bird Book for Children Seated on the ground they used these to break the upper part of the soil and to grub out weeds, grass, and old cornstalks. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America He didn't care for grubbing out stumps, or splitting posts and rails. Joe Wilson and His Mates |
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