dig up

1. PHRASAL VERB 挖出;掘起
   If you dig up something, you remove it from the ground where it has been buried or planted.
   1. You would have to dig up the plant yourself...
      你得自己把那株植物挖出来。
   2. More bodies have been dug up at the site...
      在那个地点又挖掘出几具尸体。
   3. Dig it up once the foliage has died down.
      叶子掉光后就把它挖出来。
2. PHRASAL VERB 掘地;挖洞
   If you dig up an area of land, you dig holes in it.
   1. Yesterday they continued the search, digging up the back yard of a police station.
      昨天他们继续搜寻，在一座警察局的后院里挖掘寻找。
3. PHRASAL VERB 发现，查明(信息或事实)
   If you dig up information or facts, you discover something that has not previously been widely known.
   1. Managers are too expensive and important to spend time digging up market information...
      经理的薪金过高，职责太过重大，不能将时间浪费在挖掘市场信息上。
   2. His description fits perfectly the evidence dug up by Clyde.
      他的描述和克莱德发现的证据正好吻合。
4. PHRASAL VERB 发掘;发现并利用
   If you dig up something or someone, you find them and use or employ them.
   1. When something happens anywhere in the world, NPR digs up an expert from someplace or other...
      世界上任何一个角落一有新闻发生，全国公共广播电台就会不知从什么地方挖个专家出来。
   2. If you dug up an old medical book from the sixties, it would tell you that childhood leukemia is incurable.
      如果找一本 20 世纪 60 年代的旧医学书出来的话，它会告诉你儿童白血病是不治之症。

1. You would have to dig up the plant yourself
   你得自己把那株植物挖出来。
2. More bodies have been dug up at the site
   在那个地点又挖掘出几具尸体。
3. Dig it up once the foliage has died down.
   叶子掉光后就把它挖出来。
4. Yesterday they continued the search, digging up the back yard of a police station.
   昨天他们继续搜寻，在一座警察局的后院里挖掘寻找。
5. Managers are too expensive and important to spend time digging up market information
   经理的薪金过高，职责太过重大，不能将时间浪费在挖掘市场信息上。
6. His description fits perfectly the evidence dug up by Clyde.
   他的描述和克莱德发现的证据正好吻合。
7. When something happens anywhere in the world, NPR digs up an expert from someplace or other
   世界上任何一个角落一有新闻发生，全国公共广播电台就会不知从什么地方挖个专家出来。
8. If you dug up an old medical book from the sixties, it would tell you that childhood leukemia is incurable.
   如果找一本20世纪60年代的旧医学书出来的话，它会告诉你儿童白血病是不治之症。
9. Both parties use computers to dig up dirt on their opponents.
   双方都用电脑搜集对手的丑事。
10. Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.
    公共事业公司挖路铺设管道。
11. When you're weeding, you must dig up the roots.
    斩草必须除根。
12. Where did you dig up the fresh evidence?
    你从哪儿弄到那些新证据的？
13. And we go and we dig up in France and there is the saber, right?
    然后我们就去法国，真的挖出了剑？
14. We must dig up the weeds.
    我们应把野草挖掉。
15. You will dig up what you have come back for.
    你把你要找的东西给我挖出来。
16. They live on grasslands where they can easily dig up ants, grubs, and worms.
    他们生活在草原上，在那儿可以很轻易的挖掘到蚂蚁、蛆和其它蠕虫。
17. To dig up or remove from a grave or tomb; exhume.
    从坟墓中掘出；掘墓。
18. The jeweler was able to dig up the ring we wanted.
    宝石匠能发掘出我们想要的戒指。
19. If you let your dog dig up my flower bed again, I'll have the law on you.
    如果你再让你的狗挖掉我的花坛，我将去请警察了。
20. Collect and dig up information from customer, including spare parts and service requirements, budget, etc.
    收集和发掘客户各方面的信息，包括各类服务和备件需求，预算等。
21. If you dig up the past, all you get is dirty.
    如果你翻旧帐，你看得的只会是肮脏。
22. And because people cut down trees and dig up grass.
    和人们砍伐树木以及破坏草场。
23. There's no need to dig up your entire backyard, either.
    也没有必要对整个后院都进行挖掘。
24. If I have to, I'll dig up the garden and plant potatoes.
    如果有必要的话，我会把花园挖起来种土豆。
25. We could go down and just dig up a corner.
    我们可以下去然后再挖个坑。
26. Every time any one writes anything about me, they'll dig up these photos.
    任何时候，任何人想要报导和我有关的事，他们都挖出这些照片。
27. And it helped the villagers dig up soil and govern the river.
    然后帮助村民挖土壤和治理这条河。
28. I turned to look at a few other students and some have been dug, and I quickly held back excited to continue to dig up.
    我转身看看，别的同学有的已挖出几个了，我连忙忍住兴奋，继续挖了起来。
29. What did you dig up on Mr.X?
    你挖到了神秘先生的什么消息？
30. I hear you can dig up dirt on parents.
    我听说你能找出父母的丑事。

verb

1. find by digging in the ground
   1. I dug up an old box in the garden

   Synonym:    excavateturn up

2. remove, harvest, or recover by digging
   1. dig salt
   2. dig coal

   Synonym:    digdig out