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。
考古发掘；发掘现场；挖掘；发掘；戳；捅；垫球；救球；一局；回合
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.
矮不规则星系
dwarf irregular galaxy
为寻找或取回某物而进行的挖掘
Any act of digging to find or retrieve something.
刺；戳
A thrust; a poke.
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.
(板球等的)一局
An innings.
尖刻讽刺的话
A cutting, sarcastic remark.
淘金业
The occupation of digging for gold.
She couldn't resist making a dig about his new haircut.
她忍不住对他的新发型挖苦了一句。
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.
他的评论明显是在挖苦我缺乏经验。
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.
我把那句话当作人身攻击，但没有回应。
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。
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。
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。
指用肘部或手指轻戳某人（通常是肋部）以引起注意。
He gave me a dig in the ribs to wake me up.
他用手肘戳了一下我的肋骨，想把我叫醒。
排球术语，指防守方将对方扣球接起，常与 make 连用。
The libero made a perfect dig and saved the point.
自由人做出了一个完美的防守救球，保住了这一分。
grammar · medium
易错句子She made dig at me.
正确表达She made a dig at me.
此处的 dig 是可数名词"挖苦话"，单数形式前面必须加不定冠词 a；漏掉冠词是常见错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子He took my comment as a dig to him.
正确表达He took my comment as a dig at him.
固定搭配是 a dig at somebody，用 at 表示针对的对象，不能用 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子She made several dig about my hair.
正确表达She made several digs about my hair.
dig 在此用法中可数，several 后需用复数形式 digs。
对应'挖苦的话'的相反概念；表示赞扬的话
对应'挖掘行动'的相反概念；指填补挖出的空穴
dig作名词指‘考古发掘或发掘现场’时较口语化，也可泛指‘挖掘’；excavation是正式名词，专指发掘过程或发掘地点，且没有‘挖苦话、戳、一局’等含义。
dig指‘尖刻讽刺的话’时常说a dig at someone；jab本义是‘戳、刺’，引申为简短尖锐的批评或抨击，语气更重、更直接，还常指‘打针’。
digs是dig的复数形式，但作为独立名词时是英国口语‘住处；宿舍’，永远用复数；拼写和发音与dig的复数完全相同，需根据语境判断。
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。
发掘现场
The dig site was carefully mapped.
发掘现场被仔细地测绘了。
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。
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。
考古发掘活动，与挖掘动作和考古遗址密切相关。
考古发掘中出土的遗物，是挖掘的常见发现。
考古挖掘的地点，即'dig'作为名词所指的场所。
考古挖掘中挖出的长条形沟渠，是常见的挖掘形态。
从事考古挖掘的专业人士，与'dig'的考古义项直接关联。
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。
批评，讽刺
He had a dig at the government's policy during his speech.
他在演讲中批评了政府的政策。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.