请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 dig up the hatchet
释义

> as lemmas

to dig up the hatchet
1. transitive. To take or get out of the ground, etc., by digging or excavating; to exhume, disinter, unearth. Also figurative to obtain, find, search out (cf. to dig out 1 at Phrasal verbs) (now colloquial); occasionally intransitive. to dig up the hatchet, to renew strife: see hatchet n. (Cf. 6.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > dig out or up
delvec1000
upgravea1340
undelve1340
grubc1374
to dig upc1400
to dig outa1425
unearthc1450
sprittle1585
effode1657
to cast up1660
exhume1783
moot1823
excavate1848
lift1883
spud1886
pig-root1890
the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by care or effort > by exertion
to dig upc1400
to dig outa1425
tuga1657
rustle1844
to scare up1846
quarry1847
flog1959
society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > dig (hole, etc.) > dig up (object)
upgravea1340
digc1350
to dig upc1400
to dig outa1425
unearthc1450
holk1554
moil1581
sprittle1585
effodicate1599
moot1610
effode1657
to cast up1660
to rough out1834
exter1835
excavate1848
crow1853
stub1927
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ix. 107 He [John the Baptist] was..buryed at Samarie. And there let Julianus Apostata dyggen him vp.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1126 I se a gras of grete solas, Were hyt dyggyd uppe by the rote, Of many thyngs hit myght be bote.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job iii. 21 Those that dygge vp treasure.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 135 Oft haue I digd vp dead men from their graues. View more context for this quotation
1723 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth (ed. 3) 81 There are dig'd up Trees..in some Northern Islands, in which there are at this Day growing no Trees at all.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. vii. 133 Huge Bones and Sculls casually dug up in several Parts of the Kingdom.
1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 267/1 Jerusalem Artichokes, Dig them up if it be not done already.
1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms To dig up the hatchet, a phrase decidedly Indian in origin..This [the hatchet] was buried to signify the putting away of strife; and digging up the hatchet, meant a renewal of warfare.
1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 21 Dig up, Mr. Pullman, Go way down into your jeans.
figurative.1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xvi. 27 An vngodly man diggeth vp euill: and in his lips there is a burning fire. View more context for this quotation1861 J. Bright in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 162 72 A Committee to dig up all questions of our supposed peril.1895 Cent. Mag. Sept. 674/1 I heard he was tryin' to dig up a trade with a man who's got a mine over in the Slocan country.1909 ‘O. Henry’ Options 50 Ogden digs up a deck of cards, and we play casino.1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren iii. 53 ‘Tell us news, not history.’ ‘Where did you dig that up?’
extracted from digv.
to dig up the hatchet
(b) to dig up the hatchet: to resume fighting after a period of peace; (more generally) to renew hostilities.
ΚΠ
1727 C. Colden Hist. Five Indian Nations iii. 70 If ever he should hear of the like Complaint, he would dig up the Hatchet, and joyn with the rest of the English to cut them off, Root and Branch.
1877 F. Parkman Count Frontenac 108 I thank you for bringing back the calumet of peace..and I give you joy that you have not dug up the hatchet.
1913 T. W. Burgess Boy Scouts on Swift River xii. 172 He was wise enough to realize the futility of digging up the hatchet again, but his heart was ever turned from the white men.
2015 GQ (Nexis) Dec. 146 Unable to set aside his pride, Trump dug up the hatchet once more.
extracted from hatchetn.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/11 1:06:31