dredge
verb[T]
uk/dredʒ/us/dredʒ/dredgeverb[T](REMOVE)
toremoveunwantedthings from thebottomof ariver,lake, etc. using aboatorspecialdevice:
为…清淤,疏浚They have to dredge thecanalregularlytokeepitopen.为了保持运河的畅通他们必须定期进行清淤作业。
tosearchanareaofwaterby dredging:
(通过清淤)搜索,打捞Thepoliceare dredging thelakeforhisbody.警方在湖中打捞他的尸体。
They dredgedup(=broughtto thesurface)allsortsofrubbishfrom thebottomof theriver.他们从河底捞出了各种各样的垃圾。
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- bear away
- confiscate
- confiscation
- creamsomething/someoneoff
- debug
- drain
- expropriation
- extractive
- get off
- impound
- infringe on/uponsomething
- relieve
- rootsomething/someoneout
- routsomeoneout
- seize
- shelf
- stripping
- suck
- sweep
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Removing and extracting
Searching
dredgeverb[T](FOOD)
todropflour,sugar, etc. overfood:
在…上撒(面粉,蔗糖等)Lightly dredge thecakewithicingsugar.在蛋糕上薄薄地撒一层糖霜。
Spreading and scattering
- all over the placeidiom
- bedaub
- bell
- bestrew
- billow
- diffuse
- dispersion
- encroach on/uponsomething
- fan out
- go around
- go round
- go/do the roundsidiom
- radial
- smudging
- smudgy
- spatter
- spattered
- splay
- sprinkle
- sweep
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Preparing food
Phrasal verb
dredgesomethingup