dig up

英 [dɪɡ ʌp]

美 [dɪɡ ʌp]

挖出; 掘起; 掘地; 挖洞; 发现，查明（信息或事实）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 挖出;掘起
  If youdig upsomething, you remove it from the ground where it has been buried or planted.
  1. You would have to dig up the plant yourself...
     你得自己把那株植物挖出来。
  2. More bodies have been dug up at the site...
     在那个地点又挖掘出几具尸体。
  3. Dig it up once the foliage has died down.
     叶子掉光后就把它挖出来。
• PHRASAL VERB 掘地;挖洞
  If youdig upan area of land, you dig holes in it.
  1. Yesterday they continued the search, digging up the back yard of a police station.
     昨天他们继续搜寻，在一座警察局的后院里挖掘寻找。
• PHRASAL VERB 发现，查明(信息或事实)
  If youdig upinformation or facts, you discover something that has not previously been widely known.
  1. Managers are too expensive and important to spend time digging up market information...
     经理的薪金过高，职责太过重大，不能将时间浪费在挖掘市场信息上。
  2. His description fits perfectly the evidence dug up by Clyde.
     他的描述和克莱德发现的证据正好吻合。
• PHRASAL VERB 发掘;发现并利用
  If youdig upsomething or someone, you find them and use or employ them.
  1. When something happens anywhere in the world, NPR digs up an expert from someplace or other...
     世界上任何一个角落一有新闻发生，全国公共广播电台就会不知从什么地方挖个专家出来。
  2. If you dug up an old medical book from the sixties, it would tell you that childhood leukemia is incurable.
     如果找一本 20 世纪 60 年代的旧医学书出来的话，它会告诉你儿童白血病是不治之症。

英英释义

verb

• find by digging in the ground
  1. I dug up an old box in the garden
  Synonym:excavateturn up
• remove, harvest, or recover by digging
  1. dig salt
  2. dig coal
  Synonym:digdig out

双语例句

• We could go down and just dig up a corner.
  我们可以下去然后再挖个坑。
• Where did you dig up the fresh evidence?
  你从哪儿弄到那些新证据的？
• They live on grasslands where they can easily dig up ants, grubs, and worms.
  他们生活在草原上，在那儿可以很轻易的挖掘到蚂蚁、蛆和其它蠕虫。
• His description fits perfectly the evidence dug up by Clyde.
  他的描述和克莱德发现的证据正好吻合。
• Dig it up once the foliage has died down.
  叶子掉光后就把它挖出来。
• If I have to, I'll dig up the garden and plant potatoes.
  如果有必要的话，我会把花园挖起来种土豆。
• Yesterday they continued the search, digging up the back yard of a police station.
  昨天他们继续搜寻，在一座警察局的后院里挖掘寻找。
• When you're weeding, you must dig up the roots.
  斩草必须除根。
• I hear you can dig up dirt on parents.
  我听说你能找出父母的丑事。
• If you dug up an old medical book from the sixties, it would tell you that childhood leukemia is incurable.
  如果找一本20世纪60年代的旧医学书出来的话，它会告诉你儿童白血病是不治之症。