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单词 to dig out
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to 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.
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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.
figurative.1864 R. B. Kimball Was he Successful? II. xi. 259 It was their habit to go over their lessons together, after Chellis had ‘dug out’ his.1877 Gentleman's Mag. 240 596 This last-named prince..had hidden himself in a cupboard in the midst of a roll of carpet, and was with difficulty dug out to be girt with the sword of Othman.1887 Harper's Mag. May 884/2 I don't believe it is worth while to dig out the glasses.1929 ‘P. Williams’ Jacob's Ladder xix. 269 It was Carolyn who..dug out two old volumes of eighteenth century pictures lying forgotten in a cupboard.1930 Daily Express 30 July 3/7 England..may need more batsmen of the type who have to be dug out.1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. B2/2 The Europeans..can dig out many reasons for their shortcomings.
2. To excavate, to form by excavation. Cf. dugout adj. and n. (canoe).
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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)
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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.
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