Word · Frequency #2810
digs
挖；挖掘
digs is the third person singular of dig.
To break up and move earth or other material to make a hole, trench, or tunnel.
- 1.
To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
挖开坚硬的泥土,尤指用铲子向下挖洞；或钻穿岩石、道路等。泛指通过移开材料挖出类似洞穴。
- 2.
To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
挖得；从地里取出；常与up连用。
- 3.
To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
从矿层采矿石,区别于为找矿石而进行的挖掘。
- 4.
To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
调查,研究；常与out或up连用。
- 5.
To thrust; to poke.
戳；捅。
- 6.
To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
防守时成功传球以挡住对方的攻击球。
挖出；掘出；调查；探究；戳；捅；开采；采掘；垫球；救球
In use
The gardener dug a hole to plant the rose bush.
I can't dig this math problem; it's too confusing.
She dug her elbow into my ribs to get my attention.
dig something (e.g., a hole/well)
dig 在这里是及物动词，直接接表示坑、井、隧道等的宾语，不需要介词。
The workers are digging a tunnel under the road.
工人们正在道路下方挖一条隧道。
dig something up
dig up 表示通过挖掘把某物从地下取出；宾语若是代词，应放在 dig 和 up 之间，如 dug it up。
The gardener dug up some old coins in the corner of the yard.
园丁在院子角落挖出了一些旧硬币。
Verb forms
base dig · third person digs · -ing digging · past dug · past participle dug
不规则动词。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- dig a hole
- 挖一个洞
- They dug a hole in the garden to plant the tree.他们在花园里挖了一个洞来种树。
- dig deep
- 深挖；深入了解
- The researchers dug deep into the data.研究人员深入研究了这些数据。
- dig up
- 挖出；发掘
- The farmer dug up an old coin.那个农民挖出了一枚旧硬币。
- dig into
- 钻研；探究
- She dug into the history of the building.她深入研究了大楼的历史。
- dig for
- 挖掘寻找
- The miners are digging for coal.矿工们正在挖煤。
- dig out
- 挖出；找出
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：d像一把铲子，g像挖出的土坑，dig就是在地上挖个洞。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：园艺、建筑施工、考古发掘 该词为常用中性动词，多用于日常口语和一般书面语。在具体语境中通常表示用铲子等工具挖土或挖洞，也可引申为“挖出”或“调查”，请根据上下文判断具体含义。
Grammar Note
及物和不及物均可；不及物时常用介词 into。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 dig（/dɪɡ/）押韵，均读 /ɪɡ/。注意拼写相近但发音不同的词：digit /ˈdɪdʒɪt/、digest /daɪˈdʒest/（或 /dɪˈdʒest/）、sign /saɪn/。
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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