delve
- IPA[dɛlv]
英式
- reach inside a receptacle and search for something;research or make painstaking inquiries into something
verb: delve, 3rd person present: delves, gerund or present participle: delving, past tense: delved, past participle: delved
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. reach inside a receptacle and search for something she delved in her pocket 同義詞
- ▪ research or make painstaking inquiries into something the society is determined to delve deeper into the matter 同義詞
- 2. archaic dig; excavate when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels
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- IPA[delv]
美式
- reach inside a receptacle and search for something: she delved in her pocket
Oxford American Dictionary