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dig
挖苦话；讽刺话
核心释义
A cutting, sarcastic remark.
- 1.
考古或古生物发掘(地点)
An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- 2.
矮不规则星系
dwarf irregular galaxy
- 3.
为寻找或取回某物而进行的挖掘
Any act of digging to find or retrieve something.
- 4.
刺；戳
A thrust; a poke.
- 5.
接起对方攻击球的防守动作
A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
- 6.
(板球等的)一局
An innings.
- 7.
尖刻讽刺的话
A cutting, sarcastic remark.
- 8.
淘金业
The occupation of digging for gold.
考古发掘；发掘现场；挖掘；发掘；戳；捅；垫球；救球；一局；回合
用法In use
She couldn't resist making a dig about his new haircut.
用法提示：这里的 dig 是名词，意为‘挖苦的话’，表达讽刺或批评。
His comment was a clear dig at my lack of experience.
用法提示：dig 作名词，指带有攻击性的言论，常用于‘a dig at someone’结构。
I took that remark as a personal dig, but I didn't respond.
用法提示：dig 表示‘讽刺或恶意的话’，常与‘personal’连用强调针对个人。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
dig作为名词，像挖（dig）出来的小坑或戳一下
语境与语域Context & Register
[object Object]
语法说明Grammar Note
与介词 at 连用表示讽刺言论
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'dig' (IPA: /dɪɡ/), sharing the stressed vowel and following sounds /ɪɡ/.
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.