| 单词 | to dig down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dig down to dig down 1. transitive. To bring down or cause to fall by digging. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > cause to fall by digging to dig down1526 to shovel down1563 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xi. 3 Lorde, they haue..dygged doune [so 1611 and 1881 R. V.] thyn alters. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 599 To digge downe. Defodio. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. vii. §4. 268 Wicked Citizens..doe overthrow their owne Cities, and digge downe their Walls. 2. To lower or remove by digging or excavating. ΘΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > make low(er) [verb (transitive)] > by digging to dig down1591 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. H2 Mount Athos..was digged downe. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 313 She ordered the precipices to be digged down. 3. intransitive. To pay money from one's own pocket. U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > pay up or out to shell out1821 dub1823 stump1828 to stump up1836 tip1847 cash1854 to ante up1861 to fund up1888 pony1894 brass1898 cough1920 to pay up1941 to dig down1942 1942 in L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §550/3. 1951 J. Steinbeck About Ed Ricketts in J. Steinbeck & E. F. Ricketts Log from ‘Sea of Cortez’ p. xxvi She was a wise and tolerant pushover for any hard-luck story... Even when she knew it was a fake she dug down. < as lemmas |
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