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单词 undug
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undugadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, English dug , dig v.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + dug, past participle of dig v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdug.
(un- prefix1 2b, 2c.)
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the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > situated or placed under > below the ground > remaining below ground or not dug up
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1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility iv. 34 The remainder [of the epitaph] being as yet..undug up.
a1731 G. Waldron Descr. Isle of Man 188 in Compl. Wks. (1731) Their Turf lay in the Bowels of the Earth undug for.
1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) I. xliii. 256 There may be still an undug mine of knowledge.
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile 1149, in Poems I I feel your steps..strike A sense of death to me, and undug graves!
1894 Outing 24 427/2 In the few drills of undug potatoes which the improvident Casey had left.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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