[VERB 动词]疏浚;清淤;挖掘 When people dredge a harbour, river, or other area of water, they remove mud and unwanted material from the bottom with a special machine in order to make it deeper or to look for something.
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Police have spent weeks dredging the lake but have not found his body.
警方已经花了数周对湖底清淤,但还是没有发现他的尸体。
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dredge/dredʒ; NAmEdredʒ/verb1[transitive , intransitive ]dredge(sth) (for sth) to remove mud, stones, etc. from the bottom of a river, canal,etc. using a boat or special machine, to make it deeper or to search for sth 疏浚;清淤;挖掘◆They're dredging the harbour so that larger ships can use it.他们正在疏浚港湾以便大船驶入。◆They dredge the bay for gravel.他们在挖掘海湾沙砾。2[transitive ]dredgesth (up) (from sth) to bring sth up from the bottom of a river, etc. using a boat or special machine 打捞;采捞;捞取◆waste dredged (up) from the seabed从海底打捞出的废物3[transitive ]dredgesth in/with sth to cover food lightly with sugar, flour, etc. (用糖、面粉等)撒,涂◆Dredge the top of the cake with icing sugar.把糖霜撒在蛋糕面上。PHRASAL VERBˌdredge sth↔ˈup1( usually disapproving) to mention sth that has been forgotten, especially sth unpleasant or embarrassing 重提,翻出(已遗忘的令人不快的往事)◆The papers keep trying to dredge up details of his past love life.这些报纸老是翻出他以往爱情生活的琐事。2to manage to remember sth, especially sth that happened a long time ago 追忆;回忆◆Now she was dredging up memories from the depths of her mind.这时,她回忆起内心深处的往事。dredgedredgesdredgeddredgingdredge/dredʒ; NAmEdredʒ/
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1[intransitive, transitive] to remove mud or sand from the bottom of a river,harbour etc, or to search for something by doing this: They dredged for oysters.2[transitive + with] to cover food lightly with flour, sugar etcdredge up phrasal verb1to start talking again about something that happened a long time ago, especially something unpleasant: Newsweek magazine dredged up some remarks which he made last year.2to manage to remember something, or to feel or express an emotion, with difficulty: Robertson tried to dredge up an image of her in his mind. From somewhere she dredged up a brilliant smile.3to pull something up from the bottom of a river, lake etc
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