grub

飯

食べ物や食事をくだけていう言葉。特に楽しんで食べるもの。

やさしい英語で： Food, especially a meal you enjoy.

• Let us get some grub.
• The pub serves excellent grub.
• Where can we find cheap grub around here?

類義語： food

よく使う表現： good grub, pub grub, some grub

幼虫

特に甲虫などの、体が柔らかく羽がない幼虫。

やさしい英語で： A young insect, especially a beetle, with a soft body and no wings.

• A bird ate the grub.
• We found white grubs under the lawn.
• This grub will eventually become a beetle.

類義語： larva

よく使う表現： white grub, beetle grub, grub in soil

掘り起こす

特に植物を根ごと取り除くために、地面を掘る。

やさしい英語で： To dig into the ground, especially to remove plants and their roots.

• They grubbed up the weeds.
• We spent the morning grubbing out tree roots.
• He used a spade to grub around the stump.

使い方： grub up something (We grubbed up the old bushes.); grub something out (They grubbed the roots out before planting.)

類義語： dig, uproot

よく使う表現： grub up roots, grub up trees, grub out weeds

探し回る

物を乱雑に動かしながら、何かを探す。

やさしい英語で： To search for something by moving things around in a rough, untidy way.

• He began to grub around.
• She grubbed through the papers for her receipt.
• What are you grubbing for in that cupboard?

使い方： grub around in something (He grubbed around in his bag for a pen.); grub for something (She grubbed for coins in the drawer.)

類義語： rummage, rake around

よく使う表現： grub around, grub for something, grub about