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

verb (1)

transitive verb

to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge (see dredge entry 2)—often used with updredge up silt from the canal bottom

dredging oysters in the bay

civil engineering to deepen (a waterway) with a machine that removes earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube : to deepen with a dredge (see dredge entry 2 sense 2)

to bring to light by deep searching—often used with up

dredging up memories

intransitive verb

to use a dredge

dredging for oysters

to search deeply

noun

an apparatus usually in the form of an oblong iron frame with an attached bag net used especially for gathering fish and shellfish

civil engineering a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube

nautical a barge used in dredging

verb (2)

transitive verb

to coat by sprinkling (as with flour) The fish is dredged with a cornmeal mixture and fried.

dredge the chicken in flour

river dredging河道疏浚

maintenance dredging维护性疏浚；维护性挖泥

采砂船开采

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。

Noun and Verb (1) perhaps from Old English *drecge; akin to Old English dræge dragnet, dragan to draw Verb (2) obsolete dredge, noun, sweetmeat, from Middle English drage, drege, from Anglo-French dragee, modification of Latin tragemata sweetmeats, from Greek tragēmata, plural of tragēma sweetmeat, from trōgein to gnaw

The first known use of dredge was in 1508

dressyadjective

showy in dress

suitable for formal occasions

dressy clothes

dressyadjective

showy in dress

suitable for formal occasions

dressy clothes

dresser1 of 2noun

a piece of furniture (as a chest or bureau) with a mirror

dresser2 of 2noun

one that dresses

a fashionable dresser

dress1 of 3verb

to make or set straight

to put clothes on

to provide with clothing

to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes

to trim or decorate for display

to put in order

to apply dressings or medicine to

dress a wound

to arrange (as the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling

groom entry 2 sense 1

to kill and prepare for market

dress a chicken

to apply manure or fertilizer to

smooth entry 2 sense 2, finish

dress2 of 3noun

clothing sense 1

an outer garment with a skirt for a woman or child

clothing appropriate to a particular time or occasion evening dress

Roman dress

dress3 of 3adjective

suitable or required for a formal occasion

dress clothes

relating to or used for a dress

drenchverb

to wet thoroughly

drenchverb

to wet thoroughly

drenchverb

to wet thoroughly

dredge1 of 3verb

to dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge

dredged up scallops from the sea bottom

to deepen (as a waterway) with a dredge

to bring to light by deep searching

dredging up memories

dredge2 of 3noun

an iron frame with an attached net used especially to catch fish or shellfish

a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on a continuous chain or by a suction tube

dredge3 of 3verb

to coat (food) by sprinkling (as with flour)