dredging是什么意思？

dredging

英['dredʒɪŋ] 美['dredʒɪŋ]

• n. 挖泥，捕捞；
• v. 疏浚( dredge的现在分词 )，清淤，挖掘，（用面粉、糖等）撒；

例句

• One man spent months dredging the River Severn. 曾有人在塞文河挖了几个月的泥.
• Biographers excel at dredging up little known facts. 传记作者们善于发掘鲜为人知的事实.
• She was dredging up the little she knew about babies. 她努力回忆自己知道关于婴儿的那点皮毛.
• They're dredging the harbour so that larger ships can use it. 他们正在疏浚港湾以便大船驶入。
• It's the media who keep dredging it up. 是媒体一直在翻旧账。
• Police have spent weeks dredging the lake but have not found his body. 警方已经花了数周对湖底清淤,但还是没有发现他的尸体。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  疏浚;清淤;挖掘
  When people dredge a harbour, river, or other area of water, they remove mud and unwanted material from the bottom with a special machine in order to make it deeper or to look for something.
  例句
  Police have spent weeks dredging the lake but have not found his body. 警方已经花了数周对湖底清淤,但还是没有发现他的尸体。

行业词典

• 冶金学： 采砂船开采；
  水利： 疏浚；使用挖泥船或其他工具、设备开挖水下的土、石以增加水深或清除淤积的工程措施。；