v (1) 1) 挖，掘，刨(break up， turn over or move (earth) with a tool or the hands) [I， I+prep， I+adv， T+n， T+n+prep， T+n+adv]：He has been～ging for hours. 他一直挖了好几个小时了。～through a mountain/into a hill 挖穿一座山/挖入山中;～down (into the soil) 往(地)下挖;～the ground/the soil/the garden 掘地/土/园子;～the soil away from the bottom of the wall 从墙根处把土挖走;2) 挖(掘)(洞等)(make (a hole， etc) in this way) [T+n]：～a hole/a grave/a well/a trench/a pit/a tunnel/a channel/a shaft/an underground passage/a cellar/a foundation 挖洞/墓穴/井/壕沟/坑/隧道/沟渠/矿井/地道/地窖/地基;3) 挖出(obtain by doing this) [T+n]：～potatoes/carrots/worms (for bait) 挖土豆/胡萝卜/虫子(作鱼饵);〖同〗unearth; 4) 挖找(search for sth in this way) [I+prep(for)]：～for mineral deposits/gold/wild roots/facts 挖掘矿藏/金子/野生植物根/事实;～through a pile of old newspapers to find sth 在一堆旧报纸中翻找;〖同〗unearth;

(2) 1) 喜欢(enjoy; like; appreciate) [T+n](infml)：～classical music/modern jazz/sb's sister 喜欢古典音乐/现代爵士乐/某人的妹妹;2) 理解，懂(understand) [I， T+n]：I don't～that crazy stuff. 我不懂那莫名其妙的东西。

(3) 捅，刺，扎(force or thrust against) [T+n+prep(in/into)]：～sb in the ribs (with an umbrella/one's elbow)(用伞/胳膊肘)捅某人肋部;～a knife into a chicken/a spoon into a pudding/a fork into the meat 把刀扎入鸡身/勺插入布丁中/叉子扎入肉中;～a gun into sb's back/one's heel into the ground 把枪扎入某人后背/鞋后跟踩进地里;(thorn)～into sb's leg(刺)扎进某人腿中;〖同〗poke， drive， thrust;

dig in (v adv) 1) 开始大吃(vi)：Don't wait to be asked;～in. 不要等人让，放开吃吧!2) 使混入土堆(vt)：I dug in a whole sack of peat. 我把一整袋泥炭混入土中。

dig (oneself) in (v adv) 1) 挖战壕以掩体(vt & vi)：The enemy troops are～ging (themselves) in. 敌人的部队在挖掩体。2) 安顿下来(vt)：They quickly dug themselves in (at) their holiday cottage.他们很快在度假别墅里安顿下来。3)站住脚跟(vt)：She has dug herself in well at the university now. 她已在大学里站住了脚跟。

dig into (v prep) 1) 开始大吃(vt)：～into the chicken 开始津津有味地吃起鸡来;2) 审查(vt)：～into a case 审查一案子;

dig oneself into sth 站稳脚跟：～oneself into a new job 在一新工作中扎稳脚跟;

dig over (v adv) 1) 考虑(vt)：～over a question 考虑一个问题;2) 挖遍(土地)(vt)：～a garden over把花园的地翻整一遍;

dig up (v adv) 1) 挖出(vt)：～up an old coin/an old Greek statue/a skeleton/a potato 挖出一枚旧钱币/一尊古希腊雕像/一副骷髅/一个土豆;2) 挖掉(vt)：～up a tree by its roots 连根挖掉一棵树;3) 找到，发现(vt)：～up a diary/some old magazines 发现一本日记/一些旧杂志;4) 揭示，披露(vt)：～up scandal 披露丑闻;

dig sth/sb out (of sth) 1) 挖出：～a car out of the snow/a potato out of the ground 把车子从雪中/土豆从地里挖出来;2 发掘出，找出：～information out (of a report)(从报告中)发掘出信息;～the truth out(of a person)(从一个人口中)探出实情;～those old shoes out (of the cellar)(从地窖中)找出那些旧鞋子;

→′digger n 挖掘者;挖掘机;′digging n 挖(掘);矿区;′diggings(= digs) n 出租的住房;

n(1) 捅，刺，扎(thrust or push)[C]：give sb a～in the ribs with a stick/a finger 用棍子/手指捅一下某人肋部;〖同〗thrust;

(2) 讽刺(slight criticism， usu for fun) [C][N(at)](fig)：His remark was a～at me. 他的话是对我的取笑。make mean little～s at sb 用恶毒的语言挖苦某人;

(3) 挖，掘(act of digging)[C]：give the field/the plot a～挖地/那小块地;a long～in the garden 长时间在菜园里挖土;

(4) 1)(考古)挖掘地点(ancient place being explored by archaeologists) [C]：Where is the～? 考古挖掘点在哪里? 2)(考古)挖掘(digging up by archaeologists) [C]：take part in/join an archaeological～参与/参加一次考古挖掘