柯林斯詞典dredge /dr?d?/ (dredging,dredged,dredges) 1. V-T 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. 清淤; 挖掘 Police have spent weeks dredging the lake but have not found his body. 警察已經(jīng)花了幾周時(shí)間在湖里打撈，但是仍未發(fā)現(xiàn)他的尸體。2. N a machine, in the form of a bucket ladder, grab, or suction device, used to remove material from a riverbed, channel, etc 挖泥機(jī) (Also called dredger)3. V to sprinkle or coat (food) with flour, sugar, etc 給(食物)撒上面粉、糖等 返回 dredge劍橋詞典 dredge verb [T] (REMOVE) to remove unwanted things from the bottom of a river , lake , etc. using a boat or special device 為…清淤，疏浚 They have to dredge the canal regularly to keep it open . 為了保持運(yùn)河的暢通他們必須定期進(jìn)行清淤作業(yè)。 to search an area of water by dredging （通過清淤）搜索，打撈 The police are dredging the lake for his body . 警方在湖中打撈他的尸體。 They dredged up (= brought to the surface ) all sorts of rubbish from the bottom of the river . 他們從河底撈出了各種各樣的垃圾。 dredge verb [T] (FOOD) to drop flour , sugar , etc. over food 在…上撒（面粉，蔗糖等） Lightly dredge the cake with icing sugar . 在蛋糕上薄薄地撒一層糖霜。 短語動(dòng)詞dredge sth up 返回 dredge