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单词 dug-up
释义

dug-upadj.

Etymology: See to dig up at dig v. Phrasal verbs.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdug-up.
Exhumed; unearthed. Usually figurative.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > found or discovered > found and brought to light
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dug-up1897
1897 Daily News 23 Jan. 5/5 When the loud laughter which greeted this dug-up relic had died away.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 4/2 The facts which this ‘dug-up’ material discloses are all to Thackeray's credit.
1921 J. Galsworthy To Let i. xii. 106 Thought her father had some ‘ripping’ pictures and some rather ‘dug-up’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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