单词 | to dig out |
释义 | > as lemmasto dig out to dig out 1. transitive. To take out, thrust out, extract or remove by excavation. (Cf. 6) figurative to obtain, get hold of, or get out by search or effort. 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 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Job iii. 21 As men diggynge..out [1382 deluende out] tresour. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Gal. iv. 15 Ye wolde have digged [1534 plucked] out youre awne eyes, and haue geven them to me. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 607 To digge out ones eyes. Elidere alicui oculos. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 690 Soon had his crew Op'nd into the Hill a spacious wound And dig'd out ribs of Gold. View more context for this quotation 1772 C. Hutton Princ. Bridges 94 The sand having been previously digged out for that purpose. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dig out, to unearth the badger. 2. To excavate, to form by excavation. Cf. dugout adj. and n. (canoe). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > dig (hole, etc.) delvec825 graveOE sinkc1358 diga1387 holkc1400 cast1481 to dig up1551 moil1581 effodiate1612 diffode1657 to dig out1748 burrow1831 excavate1839 crow1853 1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima Pref. 9 These usually were Caves, or Hollows dug-out in the Mountains. 3. intransitive. To depart, elope. (U.S. colloquial) ΚΠ 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xi. 92 Then I jumped in the canoe and dug out for our place..as hard as I could go. 1888 Detroit Free Press 21 July in J. S. Farmer Americanisms (1889) She dug out last night with a teamster. < as lemmas |
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