dig up

英[dɪɡʌp] 美[dɪɡʌp]
  • 挖出; 采掘; 发现; 开垦
Verb:
  1. find by digging in the ground;

    "I dug up an old box in the garden"

  2. remove, harvest, or recover by digging;

    "dig salt"
    "dig coal"

    1. It took us hours to dig up all of the peanuts.
      我们花了好几个钟头才把所有花生都挖出来。
    2. An old Greek statue was digged up here last month.
      上个月在这儿挖出了一尊古希腊雕像。
    3. The porfessor dug up a Roman villa near Bristol.
      在布里斯托尔附近,这位教授发现了一座罗马人的别墅。
    4. Her research has thrown up some interesting facts.
      她在研究中有些发现令人很感兴趣。
    5. They dug up a vegetable plot in their backyard.
      他们在后院开垦了一块菜地。
    6. We opened up several hundred mu of land.
      我们开垦了几百亩土地。