- (如用铲、锨或推土机等)挖掘、翻或松(土、沙等);挖…的土(常与up连用):
They spent all morning digging the garden.
他们花了整个上午挖园子。
to dig the ground
挖地
to dig the soil
挖泥
- 挖,掘(洞、坑、地道等):
to dig a hole
挖一个洞
to dig an underground tunnel
挖一条地道
The boys dug a tunnel in the sand.
男孩们在沙中挖一个隧道。
The gopher digs a maze of tunnels.
穴居沙龟打一个迂曲的地洞。
- 挖得,掘得,采掘出来,掘出,挖出,挖去,挖成,掘成(与 up 或 out 连用):
They dug his body up.
他们挖出他的尸体。
to dig the ruins of an ancient city
发掘一座古城的遗址
to dig a collection of historical relics
发掘一批历史文物
- (伸手至深处)挖掘似的掏得:
to dig a match box from his pocket
从衣袋里掏出一盒火柴
to dig a sandwich from the bag
从包里掏出一块三明治
- (尤指突破障碍)费劲地行(路),挤过(人群)(through):
We had to dig our way out.
我们只好一路挤出去。
to dig one's way through the crowd
奋力挤过人群
- (通过努力)寻找,找出;发现;查明(常与 out,up 连用):
Can you dig the material out of the archives?
你能从档案中找出这份资料吗?
- 用…刺戳;以…触碰;触,碰;刺戳;插入(常与 in into 连用):
She dug her heel into the ground.
她把鞋后跟戳进地里。
to dig an elbow into someones's ribs
用胳膊肘碰碰某人肋部(暗示要某人注意)
to dig a fork into the meal
用餐叉叉肉
- 翻土把(肥料等)掺进(in,into):
to dig some fertilizer into the soil
边翻土边把肥料掺入土中
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