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dig
挖苦话；讽刺话
A cutting, sarcastic remark.
- 1.
An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
考古或古生物发掘(地点)
- 2.
dwarf irregular galaxy
矮不规则星系
- 3.
Any act of digging to find or retrieve something.
为寻找或取回某物而进行的挖掘
- 4.
A thrust; a poke.
刺；戳
- 5.
A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
接起对方攻击球的防守动作
- 6.
An innings.
(板球等的)一局
- 7.
A cutting, sarcastic remark.
尖刻讽刺的话
- 8.
The occupation of digging for gold.
淘金业
考古发掘；发掘现场；挖掘；发掘；戳；捅；垫球；救球；一局；回合
In use
She couldn't resist making a dig about his new haircut.
His comment was a clear dig at my lack of experience.
I took that remark as a personal dig, but I didn't respond.
a dig at sb/sth
此义的 dig 为名词，常与 take 或 have 连用，表示带挖苦或批评意味的评论。
She took a dig at her boss during the meeting.
她在会上挖苦了她的老板。
go on a dig
尤指考古或古生物考察，可用 go on a dig 表示参与这类发掘工作。
The students went on a dig in the desert last summer.
学生们去年夏天去沙漠参加了一次考古发掘。
give sb a dig in the ribs
指用肘部或手指轻戳某人（通常是肋部）以引起注意。
Connections
Collocations
- archaeological dig
- 考古发掘
- They spent the summer on an archaeological dig.他们夏天参与了一次考古发掘。
- dig site
- 发掘现场
- The dig site was carefully mapped.发掘现场被仔细地测绘了。
- a dig at someone
- 对某人的讽刺
- He couldn't resist a dig at his colleague.他忍不住讽刺了同事一句。
- a dig in the ribs
- 用肘轻捅
- She gave me a dig in the ribs to wake me up.她用肘轻捅我一下，叫醒我。
Idioms & figurative uses
- get a dig in
- 挖苦，讽刺She couldn't resist getting a dig in about his new haircut.她忍不住挖苦他的新发型。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
dig作为名词，像挖（dig）出来的小坑或戳一下
Context & Register
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Grammar Note
与介词 at 连用表示讽刺言论
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'dig' (IPA: /dɪɡ/), sharing the stressed vowel and following sounds /ɪɡ/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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