dig

单词辨析:

dig burrow delve excavate tunnel 【导航词义:挖】
dig v. 挖,掘
〔辨析〕

指用手、工具、机器等挖洞、掘土。

〔例证〕

dig a hole in the ground

在地上挖个洞

The dog is digging in the backyard.

狗在后院刨坑。

After digging down about 30m, they found a big iron box.

向下挖了大约30米,他们找到一个大铁盒子。

burrow v. 挖掘;挖洞
〔辨析〕

指挖洞或开掘通道。

〔例证〕

The thief tried to burrow a narrow path downward.

小偷试图朝下挖出一条窄窄的通道。

The groundhog burrowed into the earth.

那只土拨鼠挖洞钻入了土里。

delve v. 搜寻,翻找
〔辨析〕

指把手伸进袋子、容器等深处找寻某物。

〔例证〕

She delved into her schoolbag and brought out a pen.

她在自己的书包里翻找着,拿出一支钢笔。

Mary delved in her handbag for the passport.

玛丽在手提包里翻找护照。

excavate v. [正式]开凿;发掘
〔辨析〕

指挖洞、开凿隧道等,也指科学家或考古学家发掘出古物。

〔例证〕

It took them 10 years to excavate the tunnel.

他们花了10年时间才挖掘出这条隧道。

The archeologists are discussing how to excavate the buried ancient city.

考古学家们正在讨论如何发掘出被埋的古城。

tunnel v. 挖,挖掘
〔辨析〕

指开凿隧道、挖地道等,也指昆虫挖掘洞穴。

〔例证〕

The villagers on the remote island have been dreaming of tunnelling under the sea.

那座偏远小岛上的居民一直梦想着开凿海底隧道。

The grubs tunnelled into the trunk.

小虫子钻进了树干里。

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That was meant to be a dig at me.

那是对我的挖苦。

She digs the serving spoon into the moussaka

她把分菜匙伸进那盘碎肉茄子蛋中。

Americans are always quick to have a dig at the British

美国人总是动不动就嘲讽英国人。

Dig a pit and bury the garbage.

挖一个坑把垃圾埋掉。

We'll try and dig the number out for you if you want it.

如果你要的话,我们会设法为你找出那个号码。

In those days we often went to dig for wild vegetables.

那时候我们常常出去挖野菜。