dredge /drɛdʒ/ TEM8 ( 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

  例：

  Police have spent weeks dredging the lake but have not found his body.

  警察已经花了几周时间在湖里打捞，但是仍未发现他的尸体。

• 2. 

  N a machine, in the form of a bucket ladder, grab, or suction device, used to remove material from a riverbed, channel, etc 挖泥机 (Also called dredger)

• 3. 

  V to sprinkle or coat (food) with flour, sugar, etc 给(食物)撒上面粉、糖等