vt.1.(with spades)to dig out sth/sb or to dig sth/sb out
+ survivors, car挖出
Rescue crews are digging survivors out of the rubble.救援人员正在瓦砾中挖救幸存者。
They were stuck in a snowdrift and had to be dug out.他们陷在雪堆里, 必须挖救出来。
digging minerals out of the Earth从地壳中开采矿石
2.(find)to dig out sth/sb or to dig sth/sb out找出；发现；查明
I dug out his novel and read it again.我把他的小说找出来又读了一遍。
We'll try and dig the number out for you.我们会设法给你查出那个号码。
She dug out a photograph from under a pile of papers.她从一堆报纸下面翻出了一张照片。