a)DIGto get something out of earth, snow etc using a spade or your hands 把〔某物〕挖出来
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We had to dig the car out of a snow drift.
我们得把汽车从雪堆里挖出来。
b)FINDto find something you have not seen for a long time, or that is not easy to find 找出,翻出〔很久没看到或很难找到的东西〕
I must remember to dig out that book for you.
我必须记着把那本书给你找出来。
Examples from the Corpus
dig out• Eventually the driver and two older children dug their way out.• It took two hours to dig him out.• We've got to dig it out.• They just dug it out from somewhere.• If so, dig them out now because they could help you get a biggermortgage.• I dug the calves out of the deep snow so the ravens could feed.