delve

delve
verb
  1. [no obj.]reach inside a receptacle and search for something
    探索(某物),掏挖
    she delved in her pocket.
    她在口袋中掏东西。
    ■research or make painstaking enquiries into something
    探索,钻研
    the society is determined to delve deeper into the matter.
    该社决定进一步探讨研究此事。
    ■[with obj.](poetic/literary)dig; excavate
    (诗/文)挖掘
    [as abj. delved]the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels.
    从地面而下的通道使她感到惊奇,这些地道挖的这么大。
派生
delver
noun
语源
  1. Old English delfan 'dig', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven
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