dig up
phrasal verbdig something up
- to break the ground into small pieces before planting seeds, building something, etc.
（在播种或建筑等前）掘地，平整土地 - They are digging up the football field to lay a new surface.
他们正在把足球场挖开铺一层新地面。
- They are digging up the football field to lay a new surface.
- to remove something from the ground by digging
掘起；挖掘出 - An old Roman vase was dug up here last month.
上个月在此地出土了一个古罗马花瓶。
- An old Roman vase was dug up here last month.
- to discover information about somebody/something
发现；搜集；查明 - Tabloid newspapers love to dig up scandal.
通俗小报都热衷于挖丑闻。
- Tabloid newspapers love to dig up scandal.