dig
要点掘る、掘り出す、地面を掘る
意味
- 〈地面・穴など〉を掘る
- …を掘り出す《+up+名,+名+up》
- (…から)…を見つけ出す,探り出す《+名+from+名》
- …を突く;(…に)…を突っ込む《+名+in(into)+名》
- 《俗》…を理解する,好む
- 地面を掘る,掘り返す
- 《話》(資料などを)丹念に調べる《+at+名》
- (…を)小突くこと《+in+名》
- (…に対する)当てこすり《+at+名》
- 考古学上の発掘地
- 《複数形で》《英話》下宿
例文
On colder days, they curl up or dig a hole in the snow.
より寒い日には、体を丸めたり、雪の中に穴を掘ったりする。
I'm so embarrassed I could dig a hole and crawl into it.
穴があれば入りたい気持ちだ。
Let's skip the pleasantries and dig in.
堅苦しい挨拶は抜きにして、さあ食べましょう。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English diggen (“to dig”, 13th c.), an alteration of dīken, from Old English dīcian (“to dig a ditch, mound up earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīkōn, which see for cognates. This verb is denominal from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (“pool, puddle; dyke, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stab, dig”). The form with g may have been influenced by Old French *diguer, a variant of dikier, itself from the West Germanic verb above. French forms with g are attested only in the 15th c., thus 200 years later than in English. On the other hand, French has according forms also for the underlying noun (cf.
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