動變: 過去式:dredged 過去分詞:dredged 現在進行時:dredging
dredge1
n.[C]
- 疏浚機;挖泥船
- (捕撈牡蠣等的)拖撈網
vt.
- (用挖泥船等)疏浚;挖掘
- (用拖撈網等)撈取[(+up/away/out)]
- 【喻】發掘;收集[(+up)]
vi.
- 疏浚;挖掘
- 採撈[(+for)]
- 【喻】深挖
片語
dredge up
- 撈取;采撈
- 挖出,提起(不愉快的舊事等)
衍生
n.
dredger (疏浚船)
辨析
dredge2
vt.
- (用麵粉、砂糖等)撒,塗[(+with)]
- 撒(麵粉等)於[(+over)]
衍生
n.
dredger (撒粉匣; 篩粉匣)
以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
dredge1
v.
- clean out the bed of (a harbour, river, etc.) with a dredge. ▸bring up or remove with a dredge.
- (dredge something up) bring something unwelcome and forgotten to people's attention.
n.
an apparatus for bringing up objects or mud from a river or seabed by scooping or dragging.Derivative
- dredger n.
Etymology
C15 (orig. in dredge-boat): perh. rel. to MDu. dregghe ‘grappling hook’.
dredge2
v.
sprinkle (food) with sugar or another powdered substance.Etymology
C16: from obs. dredge ‘sweetmeat, mixture of spices’, from OFr. dragie, perh. via L. from Gk tragēmata ‘spices’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》