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dig in

掘进,掘地三尺,挖掘,掘金

Related Words

bite咬住,咬伤,咬人,咬合burrow洞,洞洞,洞洞头,在地窝chew咀嚼,咀咀嚼嚼,咀嚼声,嚼嚼commence开始,开始进行,开始工作,展开consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的delve深入研究,探讨,深入了解,深究eat吃,食,吃了,吃东西rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨set about着手进行,做事,做手脚,着手处理spring春天,春季,弹簧,春天来了

Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1

    • : military to create by digging foxholes, trenches, etc
    • : informal to entrench firmly
    • : informal to defend or maintain a position firmly, as in an argument
    • : informal to begin vigorously to eatdon't wait, just dig in
    • : dig one's heels in informal to refuse stubbornly to move or be persuaded

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbegin with enthusiasm
Synonyms
bite咬住,咬伤,咬人,咬合burrow洞,洞洞,洞洞头,在地窝chew咀嚼,咀咀嚼嚼,咀嚼声,嚼嚼commence开始,开始进行,开始工作,展开consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的delve深入研究,探讨,深入了解,深究eat吃,食,吃了,吃东西rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨set about着手进行,做事,做手脚,着手处理spring春天,春季,弹簧,春天来了start eating开始吃,开始吃饭,开始进食,开始吃东西

Examples

  • This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.

  • Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

  • Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”

  • The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.

  • But those weapons are of limited utility, especially during close-in fights.

  • Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!

  • And if he was worried about Farmer Green's cat, why didn't he dig a hole for himself at once, and get out of harm's way?

  • The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.

  • So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.

  • When a besieged city suspects a mine, do not the inhabitants dig underground, and meet their enemy at his work?

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