1
- the larva of an insect, especially a beetle蛴螬; 昆虫的幼虫。
1.1
- a maggot or small caterpillar蛆; 小毛虫。
2
- mass noun informal food〈非正式〉食物：
a popular bar serving excellent pub grub.
一个供应非常好的酒吧食品的广受欢迎的酒吧。
(grubbed, grubbing)no obj., with adverbial
1
- dig or poke superficially at the earth; dig shallowly in soil刨地; 浅挖：
the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms.
獾刨土觅虫对牧场所造成的破坏。
1.1
- with obj. remove (something) from the earth by digging it up（从土中）挖出, 掘出：
all the vines are grubbed up and the land left fallow for a few years.
所有的藤蔓被连根掘起后这块地闲置了几年。
1.2
- with obj. clear (the ground) of roots and stumps掘除（地上）的残根及树桩：
as noun grubbing construction operations including clearing and grubbing.包括清理场地和挖除树根的建筑施工。
2
- search for something in a clumsy and unmethodical manner; rummage笨拙地搜寻, 不讲究方法地翻找：
I began grubbing about in the waste-paper basket to find the envelope.
我开始在废纸篓里乱翻, 想要找到那个信封。
2.1
- do demeaning or humiliating work in order to achieve something干贱活, 苦干：
she has achieved material independence without having to grub for it.
她没有吃什么苦就实现了物质上的独立。
2.2
- with obj. achieve or acquire (something) in such a way通过干贱活获取, 拼命苦干以得到：
they were grubbing a living from garbage pails.
他们靠拣垃圾维生。
词源
Middle English: perhaps related to Dutch grobbelen, also to GRAVE1.