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dug 音标拼音: [d'ʌg] vbl. 挖,掘土,探究 挖,掘土,探究 dug n 1: an udder or breast or teatDig \ Dig\ ( d[ i^] g), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Dug} ( d[ u^] g) or { Digged} ( d[ i^] gd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [ OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen ( see { Dike}, { Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [ root] 67.] 1. To turn up, or delve in, ( earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up ( the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. [ 1913 Webster] Be first to dig the ground. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To thrust; to poke. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. -- Robynson ( More' s Utopia). [ 1913 Webster] 5. To like; enjoy; admire. The whole class digs Pearl Jam. [ Colloq.] [ PJC] { To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. { To dig from}, { To dig out of}, { To dig out}, { To dig up}, to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. { To dig in}, ( a) to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure. ( b) To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; -- used of warfare or negotiating situations. { to dig in one' s heels} To offer stubborn resistance. [ 1913 Webster PJC]
Dug \ Dug\ ( d[ u^] g), n. [ Akin to Sw. d[ aum] gga to suckle ( a child), Dan. d[ ae] gge, and prob. to Goth. daddjan. [ root] 66.] A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast. [ 1913 Webster] With mother' s dug between its lips. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Dug \ Dug\, imp. & p. p. of { Dig}. [ 1913 Webster]
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