英语词汇“dredge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dredgedredge /drɛdʒ/ verb

ETYMOLOGYdredge

Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old English dragan to pull

VERB TABLE

dredge

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dredge
	he, she, it	dredges
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dredged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dredged
	he, she, it	has dredged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dredged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dredge
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dredged

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dredging
	he, she, it	is dredging
	you, we, they	are dredging
Past	I, he, she, it	was dredging
	you, we, they	were dredging
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dredging
	he, she, it	has been dredging
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dredging
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dredging
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dredging

1[intransitive, transitive] to remove mud or sand from the bottom of a river, harbor, etc., or to search for something by doing this: Fearing more floods, the state had the river dredged.2[transitive] to cover food lightly with flour, sugar, etc.dredge something ↔ up phrasal verb1informal to start talking or thinking again about something that happened a long time ago, or to make people do this: Why do the papers have to dredge up that old story?2to pull something up from the bottom of a river: Weapons crews dredged up the unexploded bombs.