Word · Frequency #29977
dredger
挖泥船；疏浚机；采捞船
a barge or similar vessel used for dredging (clearing mud, sand, etc. from the bottom of water)
- 1.
A vessel equipped for the removal of sand or sediment from the seabed.
配备用于从海床清除沙子或沉积物的船只。
- 2.
a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging
用于疏浚的驳船(或类似驳船的船只)
- 3.
One who fishes with a dredge.
使用捞网捕鱼的人。
- 4.
A dredging machine.
疏浚机；挖泥机。
- 5.
A container with a perforated lid, used to sprinkle sugar or flour.
带有穿孔盖子的容器,用于撒糖或面粉。
配备用于从海床清除沙子或沉积物的船只。；用于疏浚的驳船(或类似驳船的船只)；使用捞网捕鱼的人。；疏浚机；挖泥机。；带有穿孔盖子的容器,用于撒糖或面粉。
In use
The crew loaded sand onto the dredger before it moved to the next channel.
A large dredger is clearing mud from the river mouth to keep the waterway open.
Workers are repairing the engine of the old dredger at the dock.
a/the + dredger + verb
dredger 是可数名词，作主语时用 a/an 或 the 表示泛指或特指。
The dredger deepened the harbor channel.
那艘挖泥船加深了港口航道。
use a/the dredger to do sth
use a dredger to do sth 表示用挖泥船完成某个目的。
They used a dredger to clear the riverbed.
他们用挖泥船清理河床。
a fleet of dredgers
dredger 的复数形式是 dredgers；a fleet of 后接复数名词。
Connections
Collocations
- sand dredger
- 采砂船
- A sand dredger operates day and night in the river delta.一艘采砂船在三角洲昼夜作业。
- suction dredger
- 吸扬式挖泥船
- The suction dredger removes mud through a long pipe.吸扬式挖泥船通过长管清除淤泥。
- bucket dredger
- 链斗式挖泥船
- A bucket dredger is used in shallow harbors.链斗式挖泥船用于浅水港。
- dredger operator
- 挖泥船操作员
- The dredger operator must watch the depth gauge closely.挖泥船操作员必须密切注视深度计。
- dredger fleet
- 挖泥船队
- The company expanded its dredger fleet to clear the shipping lanes.公司扩充了挖泥船队以疏通航道。
- hydraulic dredger
Learner notes
Memory Tip
dredger = dredge(疏浚) + er，想象挖泥船像一只大勺子，缓缓从河底‘挖’出淤泥。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：marine engineering、waterway dredging、ship specifications “dredger” 表示挖泥船时属于专业/技术用语，通常用于工程手册、航道疏浚报道、船舶技术说明等较正式的书面语境；日常口语中较少单独使用，多改用 dredging vessel 或具体船型。
Grammar Note
有两个名词义项：疏浚船/挖泥机，以及撒粉器；都是可数名词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Ledger, edger, and hedger rhyme with dredger in BrE: /ˈledʒə, ˈedʒə, ˈhedʒə/. Badger and lodger share the -dger spelling but have different vowels (/ˈbædʒə/ and /ˈlɒdʒə/), so they do not rhyme. Dredge is the related base form; it ends in /dʒ/ rather than /dʒə/, so it is not a rhyme either.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.