详细解释
挖
1、(挖为穵的俗字。形声。从手,穵(wā)声。本作“穵”。穵,空大的意思。本义:掘)。
2、镂,镂空。
头上戴着一顶挖云鹅黄片金里大红猩猩毡昭君套。---《红楼梦》
挖云：镂穿成云头形的边饰
挖垫：旧时女红之一。把布帛镂穿成各种花样,在后面垫上不同颜色的布帛做衬托
挖镶：镂空镶嵌。
3、掏取。用工具或手从物体内向外扒出。
见他袖子里头挖出一张片子来。---清·蘧园《负曝闲谈》
挖耳朵;挖单：魔术师用的双层布单,泛指包袱皮。
例句
他们越挖越深却仍然一无所获。
They dug deeper and deeper but still found nothing.
登在花园中间挖了一个深洞。
Den had dug a deep hole in the centre of the garden.
我抓起铁锹开始挖了起来。
I grabbed the spade and started digging.
十多个埋在雪崩下的人活着被挖了出来。
More than a dozen people were dug out of the avalanche alive.
我们在院子中挖了个深洞。
We dug a deep pit in the yard.
他在花园里挖了个深坑。
He dug a deep hole in the garden.
我要挖点土豆作午餐。
I'll dig some potatoes for lunch.
这些人在挖掩埋起来的炸药时被逮了个正着。
The men were caught in the act of digging up buried explosives.
他拼命想要把那辆汽车弄出来，在烈日下用手挖着。
He endeavoured to extricate the car, digging with his hands in the blazing sunshine.
他拿了一把铲子，挖了个坑，埋下了他曾经珍爱的物品。
He took a shovel, dug a hole, and buried his once-prized possessions.
男孩子们挖了陷阱，在里面放上诱饵，以便用矛刺杀猎物。
The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey.
那次行动的重点是一口原本为勘探石油而挖的一英里深的井。
Central to the operation is a mile-deep well, dug originally to explore for oil.
他在我出生时在埃杰顿大道我家的院子里挖了个坑，种了一棵枫树。
He dug a hole in our yard on Edgerton Avenue to plant a maple tree when I was born.
现在别谈这个了，我们去挖吧。
Now stir out of this and we'll go to digging.
那时候我们常常出去挖野菜。
In those days we often went to dig for wild vegetables.
它们在河床上挖巢产卵。
They dig out nests in the riverbed and lay their eggs.
有些人把石头挖了出来。
Some dug up the stones.
他把石头都挖了出来。
He dug the stones out.
挖一个坑把垃圾埋掉。
Dig a pit and bury the garbage.
我正挖苹果呢，阁下！
I'm digging for apples, yer honour!
他们试着挖一个洞。
They tried digging a hole.
这男人的双眼已被挖了出来。
The man's eyes had been gouged out.
窑洞是在半山腰挖成的。
The cave has been hollowed out of the mountainside.
鸡鸭在外屋四周挖扒。
Chickens and ducks scratch around the outbuildings.
他找了个合适的地方，挖个坑，把包埋了进去。
He found a suitable place, scraped a hole and buried the bag in it.
他去年10月被巴克斯挖去组建一个广告团队。
He was headhunted by Barkers last October to build an advertising team.
他的遗体已被从昆士郡的一个墓地里挖了出来。
His remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Queens.
小偷们在所有的那些安全装置下面都挖了地道。
The thieves tunnelled under all the security devices.
他挖啊挖，但是什么也没找到。
He dug and dug, but nothing was found.
他挖啊挖，但是什么也没找到。
He dug and dug, but nothing was found.