| 词汇 | dig something ↔ up |
| 释义 | dig something ↔ updig something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v a) DIGto remove something from the earth using a spade 〔从地里〕挖出，掘起 I’ll dig up that plant and move it. 我要把那棵植物挖出来，挪个地方。 b) to remove the surface of an area of ground, road etc, or to make holes in it 掘地，挖洞 They’re digging up the road just outside my flat. 他们就在我的公寓外面把路掘开了。 c) FIND OUTto find hidden or forgotten information by careful searching 〔通过仔细搜索〕找出，揭露 They tried to dig up something from his past to spoil his chances of being elected. 他们试图从他的过去挖出些东西来破坏他当选的可能性。 Examples from the Corpus dig up• For several days I replanted each morning; the Oscar dug them up.• I added several Large Amazon Swords, which looked great for half an hour before the Oscar dug them up.• Neighbors were coming to dig them up.• Fill that hole. Dig it up again.• Mr Sweet does not want to farm the site, but dig it up for the valuable peat underneath.• And the location of where he dug it up is on every twenty-fifth-century map.• Last time I half dug it up myself and I thought my back was going to go.• They dug it up when they was making the trench for the pipes to the new vehicle examination extension. → dig something ↔ up at dig1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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