dredge
[dredʒ] verb transitive
REMOVE 移走
■to remove unwanted things from the bottom of a river, lake, etc. using a sucking or other device 为…清淤，疏浚•They have to dredge the canal regularly to keep it open.为了保持运河的畅通他们必须定期进行清淤作业。 ■to search an area of water by dredging （透过清淤）搜索，打捞•The police are dredging the lake for his body.警方在湖中打捞他的尸体。 •They dredged up (= brought to the surface) the man's clothes but not his body.他们捞出了那个人的衣服，却没有找到他的尸体。
[dredʒ] verb transitive
FOOD 食物
■to drop flour, sugar, etc. over food 在…上撒（面粉，蔗糖等）•Lightly dredge the cake with icing sugar.在蛋糕上薄薄地撒一层糖霜。
[dredʒ] verb transitive
Phrasal Verbs [M] dredge sth up
■to talk about something bad or unpleasant that happened in the past 翻（旧帐），揭（伤疤），重提（不快往事）•The article dredged up details of her unhappy childhood.文章翻出了她不幸的童年琐事。 |