1 PHRASAL VERB （从…中）挖出，挖掘出 If you dig someone or something out of a place, you get them out by digging or by forcing them from the things surrounding them. （从…中）挖出，挖掘出 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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...digging minerals out of the Earth. [VERB noun PREP. + of]
从地壳中开采矿石
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Rescue crews have been digging people out of collapsed buildings. [V n P of n]
救援人员一直在倒塌的建筑物废墟中挖掘救人。
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She dug out a photograph from under a pile of papers. [VERB PREP. noun]
她从一堆报纸下面抽出一张照片。
2 PHRASAL VERB 找出，翻出（收存、藏起或遗忘很久之物） If you dig something out, you find it after it has been stored, hidden, or forgotten for a long time. 找出，翻出（收存、藏起或遗忘很久之物） [informal]
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Recently, I dug out Barstow's novel and read it again. [VERB PREP. noun]
最近，我把巴斯托的小说翻出来又读了一遍。
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We'll try and dig the number out for you if you want it. [VERB noun PREP.]
如果你要的话，我们会设法为你找出那个号码。