| 单词 | to dig up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dig up to dig up 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. 2. To excavate, break up or open by digging. 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 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gviv Kyng Vtopus..caused .xv. myles space of vplandyshe grounde..to be cut and dygged vp. And so brought the sea rounde aboute the lande. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. iii. 28 Should I dig vp thy forefathers graues, And hang their rotten coffins vp in chaines. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 132 The English government would be unable to equip a fleet without digging up the cellars of London in order to collect the nitrous particles from the walls. 3. To break up and loosen the soil of, by digging: said esp. of a place not previously or recently dug. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > dig delvec888 to dig up1377 diga1425 pastine?1440 updelvec1440 upstockc1440 hack1620 pastinate1623 repastinate1623 spit1648 spittle1727 spud1828 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 109 Dikeres & delueres digged vp þe balkes. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 247 He directs the moss to be delved or dug up with spades. 1814 Temple Wks. III. 239 You cannot dig up your garden too often. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. i. 13 He dug up a little garden in front. < as lemmas |
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