Word · Frequency #16058
digger
挖掘者；挖掘工
核心释义
a laborer who digs
- 1.
挖掘机,挖洞或挖沟的大型机械。
A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
- 2.
澳大利亚或新西兰士兵
A soldier from Australia or New Zealand.
- 3.
挖掘工具。
A tool for digging.
- 4.
挖掘者。
One who digs.
挖掘机,挖洞或挖沟的大型机械。；澳大利亚或新西兰士兵；挖掘工具。；挖掘者。；挖掘者
用法In use
The digger used a pickaxe to break the hard soil.
用法提示：digger 是名词，指‘挖掘工人’，在句中作主语。
After lunch, the diggers returned to the construction site to continue their work.
用法提示：diggers 是 digger 的复数形式，指多位挖掘工人，作主语。
The farmer hired a digger to dig irrigation ditches.
用法提示：digger 在这里作宾语，表示‘挖掘工人’。
a digger
digger 是可数名词，指以挖掘为业的人，单数前通常加 a/an。
A digger was working by the roadside.
一名挖掘工正在路边干活。
diggers
diggers 是 digger 的复数形式，表示多个挖掘者。
The diggers stopped when it began to rain.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- grave digger
- 掘墓人
- The grave digger finished digging the grave before dawn.掘墓人在黎明前挖好了坟墓。
- ditch digger
- 挖沟工
- He worked as a ditch digger in the summer.他夏天做过挖沟工。
- well digger
- 挖井工
- The well digger found water at last.挖井工终于找到了水。
- gold digger
- 淘金工人
- The gold digger spent the whole summer digging in the hills.淘金工人整个夏天都在山里挖掘。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象工人拿铁锹不停挖（dig）土，加上-er表示人，就是digger挖掘者。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：construction site、archaeological excavation、manual labor digger 表示‘挖掘者’时语气比较中性，多用于建筑工地、考古发掘或体力劳动等场景。口语中也可使用，但不如 worker 常用；若指机器则常用 excavator。
语法说明Grammar Note
指从事挖掘工作的人。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes: bigger, trigger, jigger, snigger, and figure (British English) all end with /-ɡə/ after a stressed /ɪ/. Note: dagger looks similar (spelled with -agger) but is pronounced /ˈdæɡə/, so it does not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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