Definition of delve in English:

delve

verb dɛlvdɛlv

[no object]

1Reach inside a receptacle and search for something.
探索（某物），掏挖
she delved in her pocket
她在口袋中掏东西。
Example sentencesExamples
- Today on the program we delve inside the minds of criminal defence lawyers; how do they see their role, and how do they defend clients they suspect are guilty?
- The boy delved in his trouser pockets and his face fell.
- The robot has tiny arms that can reach in between ribs and delve into the heart, and it apparently even sews stitches more smoothly than a person.
- Jo then delved in to the toy box and brought out a farmyard set before passing round a bag of plastic animals for the youngsters to pull out and identify.
- Paul delves into rock-pools in search of crabs and Helen accidentally steps into a rock pool and gets wet feet.
- Eagerly, her free hand, pouch set aside, delved in to count her treasure.
- Then he prised open my mouth and delved in with a metal stick while the nurse fed a miniature sprinkler system down my gullet.
- While I was thinking of a new subject for my column, I was delving into my handbag searching for a pen, when suddenly the idea came to me, ‘the handbag’.
- She delved in a drawer and produced a Duracell battery.
- He told us that, despite his full support for using an advanced machine to delve inside a mummy and uncover its secrets, the project had lost its way and its credibility.
- One of them sought to rob me, zipping open a compartment in the briefcase I was carrying and delving inside for what he could steal.
- Pretty soon, I was able to close my eyes and delve inside myself, to search for my core of power hidden within my inner being.
- She delved inside the bag and felt the miniscule amount of produce, now blackened by the heat.
- Despite my silence, she could tell I didn't quite agree with her, and delved inside her layers of clothing and pulled out a crumpled photograph.
- She reached out to him and her hand delved into his pocket.
- Ian took his wallet from his pocket, delved in his pay packet and removed a small handful of silver.
- At great personal risk I delved in among the spines today but, apart from last year's abandoned nest, there was nothing.
Synonyms
rummage (about/around/round) in, search (through), hunt through, scrabble about/around in, root about/around in, ferret (about/around) in, fish about/around in, poke about/around in, dig in, grub about/around in, go through, burrow in
rifle through, scour, ransack, turn upside down, turn inside out
British informal rootle around in
Australian/New Zealand informal fossick through
rare roust around in
1. 1.1 Research or make painstaking enquiries into something.
  探索，钻研
  the society is determined to delve deeper into the matter
  学会决定进一步探讨研究此事。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I was confused and delved into my own research on the matter.
  Detectives are continuing to delve into the experienced skydiver's background in their search for a motive for the murder.
  Ethnographic research delves into the everyday lives of consumers to go beyond what they say - and record what they do.
  Those serious about magick will eventually start finding that the fluffy books don't delve deep enough and this will motivate them to search for deeper texts on the subject.
  To start figuring out how the virus will transform wildlife of the Americas, researchers have been delving into the details of how animals pick up the virus.
  The young lady in question has asked protection from local authorities to protect her from journalistic assault by the lurid press that are delving into her background.
  Then again, whenever he tried to delve into his own background history, something inside of him would be fraught with stress and discomfort.
  It takes considerable clarity of purpose to delve beyond mythic images and reach the primordial roots.
  His research delves into matroidal structures, a concept based on graphs and matrices and its applications.
  Once you start delving into corruption in sport, it's difficult to know where to draw the line.
  And as the family of the man paid tribute to a ‘wonderful son and brother’, detectives began delving into the popular young man's background for a possible motive to murder.
  Along with that, the show has two researchers delving into all the newspaper periodicals that are sent in.
  I delved into the deepest recesses of the Net in search of everything I desired.
  If I were researching, I would need to know what source materials could offer before I delved in - they may not be wholly relevant to the subject.
  She delved into the transcript with a vengeance, searching for further twists in Four Corners' fuzzy skein of truth.
  Researchers have been delving into the history of the royal menagerie, using animal remains to reveal the secrets of medieval lions once locked up in the Tower.
  The authors delve into some research prototypes on presence management and detection.
  Piecing the picture together requires delving into various academic, government and NGO sources - some of which can be found on the Internet.
  So the former researcher spent months delving into the science to figure out what went wrong.
  My friend - no ordinary being - a doctor by profession, a compassionate man by nature, decided he had to delve into the world of alternate healing to reach out to his fellow brethren.
  Synonyms
  investigate, conduct investigations into, make enquiries into, enquire into, probe, examine, explore, research, study, look into, go into
  try to get to the bottom of
2archaic Dig; excavate.
〈诗/文〉挖掘
when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
with object the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels
从地面而下的通道使她感到惊奇，这些地道居然挖得如此之大。
Example sentencesExamples
- He knew not if she wanted him to delve into the tunnels once more or to stay put.
- There were four burly men at the table, miners by the look of them, men who delved in the earth.
- He turned the corner and still the tunnel delved deeper into the rock.
- Although the economy as a set of material practices has existed ever since ‘Adam delved and Eve span,’ it was not conceptualized as separate until about 300 years ago.
- They rounded another corner, careful not to brush up against the slime-covered wall and descended down another tunnel, delving deeper underground.
Synonyms
dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel

Derivatives

delver

noun

A top profiler and unmatched delver into the serial-killer mindset, she is terribly good at that thing where you hold the torch on top of your handgun when entering a dark apartment.
Example sentencesExamples
- Fate was - in the past - supposed to be the supreme delver into the arcane and the mysterious energies of the universe.
- A truly remarkable book thoroughly investigated and produced by arguably one the world's greatest delvers into the understanding of the ancient past.

Origin

Old English delfan 'dig', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven.

Rhymes

helve, shelve, twelve

Definition of delve in US English:

delve

verbdɛlvdelv

[no object]

1Reach inside a receptacle and search for something.
探索（某物），掏挖
she delved in her pocket
她在口袋中掏东西。
Example sentencesExamples
- Then he prised open my mouth and delved in with a metal stick while the nurse fed a miniature sprinkler system down my gullet.
- Ian took his wallet from his pocket, delved in his pay packet and removed a small handful of silver.
- Jo then delved in to the toy box and brought out a farmyard set before passing round a bag of plastic animals for the youngsters to pull out and identify.
- He told us that, despite his full support for using an advanced machine to delve inside a mummy and uncover its secrets, the project had lost its way and its credibility.
- Today on the program we delve inside the minds of criminal defence lawyers; how do they see their role, and how do they defend clients they suspect are guilty?
- Despite my silence, she could tell I didn't quite agree with her, and delved inside her layers of clothing and pulled out a crumpled photograph.
- One of them sought to rob me, zipping open a compartment in the briefcase I was carrying and delving inside for what he could steal.
- At great personal risk I delved in among the spines today but, apart from last year's abandoned nest, there was nothing.
- She delved inside the bag and felt the miniscule amount of produce, now blackened by the heat.
- Pretty soon, I was able to close my eyes and delve inside myself, to search for my core of power hidden within my inner being.
- Paul delves into rock-pools in search of crabs and Helen accidentally steps into a rock pool and gets wet feet.
- The boy delved in his trouser pockets and his face fell.
- She reached out to him and her hand delved into his pocket.
- She delved in a drawer and produced a Duracell battery.
- While I was thinking of a new subject for my column, I was delving into my handbag searching for a pen, when suddenly the idea came to me, ‘the handbag’.
- Eagerly, her free hand, pouch set aside, delved in to count her treasure.
- The robot has tiny arms that can reach in between ribs and delve into the heart, and it apparently even sews stitches more smoothly than a person.
Synonyms
rummage in, rummage about in, rummage around in, rummage round in, search, search through, hunt through, scrabble about in, scrabble around in, root about in, root around in, ferret in, ferret about in, ferret around in, fish about in, fish around in, poke about in, poke around in, dig in, grub about in, grub around in, go through, burrow in
1. 1.1 Research or make painstaking inquiries into something.
  探索，钻研
  as we delve further into the atom's secrets
  Example sentencesExamples
  Researchers have been delving into the history of the royal menagerie, using animal remains to reveal the secrets of medieval lions once locked up in the Tower.
  She delved into the transcript with a vengeance, searching for further twists in Four Corners' fuzzy skein of truth.
  Those serious about magick will eventually start finding that the fluffy books don't delve deep enough and this will motivate them to search for deeper texts on the subject.
  Along with that, the show has two researchers delving into all the newspaper periodicals that are sent in.
  My friend - no ordinary being - a doctor by profession, a compassionate man by nature, decided he had to delve into the world of alternate healing to reach out to his fellow brethren.
  If I were researching, I would need to know what source materials could offer before I delved in - they may not be wholly relevant to the subject.
  To start figuring out how the virus will transform wildlife of the Americas, researchers have been delving into the details of how animals pick up the virus.
  The authors delve into some research prototypes on presence management and detection.
  I delved into the deepest recesses of the Net in search of everything I desired.
  Detectives are continuing to delve into the experienced skydiver's background in their search for a motive for the murder.
  Ethnographic research delves into the everyday lives of consumers to go beyond what they say - and record what they do.
  Once you start delving into corruption in sport, it's difficult to know where to draw the line.
  It takes considerable clarity of purpose to delve beyond mythic images and reach the primordial roots.
  His research delves into matroidal structures, a concept based on graphs and matrices and its applications.
  I was confused and delved into my own research on the matter.
  So the former researcher spent months delving into the science to figure out what went wrong.
  And as the family of the man paid tribute to a ‘wonderful son and brother’, detectives began delving into the popular young man's background for a possible motive to murder.
  The young lady in question has asked protection from local authorities to protect her from journalistic assault by the lurid press that are delving into her background.
  Piecing the picture together requires delving into various academic, government and NGO sources - some of which can be found on the Internet.
  Then again, whenever he tried to delve into his own background history, something inside of him would be fraught with stress and discomfort.
  Synonyms
  investigate, conduct investigations into, make enquiries into, enquire into, probe, examine, explore, research, study, look into, go into
2. 1.2literary with object Dig; excavate.
  〈诗/文〉挖掘
  the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels
  从地面而下的通道使她感到惊奇，这些地道居然挖得如此之大。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He turned the corner and still the tunnel delved deeper into the rock.
  Although the economy as a set of material practices has existed ever since ‘Adam delved and Eve span,’ it was not conceptualized as separate until about 300 years ago.
  He knew not if she wanted him to delve into the tunnels once more or to stay put.
  There were four burly men at the table, miners by the look of them, men who delved in the earth.
  They rounded another corner, careful not to brush up against the slime-covered wall and descended down another tunnel, delving deeper underground.
  Synonyms
  dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel

Origin

Old English delfan ‘dig’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven.

词汇	delve
释义	Definition of delve in English: delve verb dɛlvdɛlv [no object] 1Reach inside a receptacle and search for something. 探索（某物），掏挖 she delved in her pocket 她在口袋中掏东西。 Example sentencesExamples Today on the program we delve inside the minds of criminal defence lawyers; how do they see their role, and how do they defend clients they suspect are guilty? The boy delved in his trouser pockets and his face fell. The robot has tiny arms that can reach in between ribs and delve into the heart, and it apparently even sews stitches more smoothly than a person. Jo then delved in to the toy box and brought out a farmyard set before passing round a bag of plastic animals for the youngsters to pull out and identify. Paul delves into rock-pools in search of crabs and Helen accidentally steps into a rock pool and gets wet feet. Eagerly, her free hand, pouch set aside, delved in to count her treasure. Then he prised open my mouth and delved in with a metal stick while the nurse fed a miniature sprinkler system down my gullet. While I was thinking of a new subject for my column, I was delving into my handbag searching for a pen, when suddenly the idea came to me, ‘the handbag’. She delved in a drawer and produced a Duracell battery. He told us that, despite his full support for using an advanced machine to delve inside a mummy and uncover its secrets, the project had lost its way and its credibility. One of them sought to rob me, zipping open a compartment in the briefcase I was carrying and delving inside for what he could steal. Pretty soon, I was able to close my eyes and delve inside myself, to search for my core of power hidden within my inner being. She delved inside the bag and felt the miniscule amount of produce, now blackened by the heat. Despite my silence, she could tell I didn't quite agree with her, and delved inside her layers of clothing and pulled out a crumpled photograph. She reached out to him and her hand delved into his pocket. Ian took his wallet from his pocket, delved in his pay packet and removed a small handful of silver. At great personal risk I delved in among the spines today but, apart from last year's abandoned nest, there was nothing. Synonyms rummage (about/around/round) in, search (through), hunt through, scrabble about/around in, root about/around in, ferret (about/around) in, fish about/around in, poke about/around in, dig in, grub about/around in, go through, burrow in rifle through, scour, ransack, turn upside down, turn inside out British informal rootle around in Australian/New Zealand informal fossick through rare roust around in 1.1 Research or make painstaking enquiries into something. 探索，钻研 the society is determined to delve deeper into the matter 学会决定进一步探讨研究此事。 Example sentencesExamples I was confused and delved into my own research on the matter. Detectives are continuing to delve into the experienced skydiver's background in their search for a motive for the murder. Ethnographic research delves into the everyday lives of consumers to go beyond what they say - and record what they do. Those serious about magick will eventually start finding that the fluffy books don't delve deep enough and this will motivate them to search for deeper texts on the subject. To start figuring out how the virus will transform wildlife of the Americas, researchers have been delving into the details of how animals pick up the virus. The young lady in question has asked protection from local authorities to protect her from journalistic assault by the lurid press that are delving into her background. Then again, whenever he tried to delve into his own background history, something inside of him would be fraught with stress and discomfort. It takes considerable clarity of purpose to delve beyond mythic images and reach the primordial roots. His research delves into matroidal structures, a concept based on graphs and matrices and its applications. Once you start delving into corruption in sport, it's difficult to know where to draw the line. And as the family of the man paid tribute to a ‘wonderful son and brother’, detectives began delving into the popular young man's background for a possible motive to murder. Along with that, the show has two researchers delving into all the newspaper periodicals that are sent in. I delved into the deepest recesses of the Net in search of everything I desired. If I were researching, I would need to know what source materials could offer before I delved in - they may not be wholly relevant to the subject. She delved into the transcript with a vengeance, searching for further twists in Four Corners' fuzzy skein of truth. Researchers have been delving into the history of the royal menagerie, using animal remains to reveal the secrets of medieval lions once locked up in the Tower. The authors delve into some research prototypes on presence management and detection. Piecing the picture together requires delving into various academic, government and NGO sources - some of which can be found on the Internet. So the former researcher spent months delving into the science to figure out what went wrong. My friend - no ordinary being - a doctor by profession, a compassionate man by nature, decided he had to delve into the world of alternate healing to reach out to his fellow brethren. Synonyms investigate, conduct investigations into, make enquiries into, enquire into, probe, examine, explore, research, study, look into, go into try to get to the bottom of 2archaic Dig; excavate. 〈诗/文〉挖掘 when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? with object the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels 从地面而下的通道使她感到惊奇，这些地道居然挖得如此之大。 Example sentencesExamples He knew not if she wanted him to delve into the tunnels once more or to stay put. There were four burly men at the table, miners by the look of them, men who delved in the earth. He turned the corner and still the tunnel delved deeper into the rock. Although the economy as a set of material practices has existed ever since ‘Adam delved and Eve span,’ it was not conceptualized as separate until about 300 years ago. They rounded another corner, careful not to brush up against the slime-covered wall and descended down another tunnel, delving deeper underground. Synonyms dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel Derivatives delver noun A top profiler and unmatched delver into the serial-killer mindset, she is terribly good at that thing where you hold the torch on top of your handgun when entering a dark apartment. Example sentencesExamples Fate was - in the past - supposed to be the supreme delver into the arcane and the mysterious energies of the universe. A truly remarkable book thoroughly investigated and produced by arguably one the world's greatest delvers into the understanding of the ancient past. Origin Old English delfan 'dig', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven. Rhymes helve, shelve, twelve Definition of delve in US English: delve verbdɛlvdelv [no object] 1Reach inside a receptacle and search for something. 探索（某物），掏挖 she delved in her pocket 她在口袋中掏东西。 Example sentencesExamples Then he prised open my mouth and delved in with a metal stick while the nurse fed a miniature sprinkler system down my gullet. Ian took his wallet from his pocket, delved in his pay packet and removed a small handful of silver. Jo then delved in to the toy box and brought out a farmyard set before passing round a bag of plastic animals for the youngsters to pull out and identify. He told us that, despite his full support for using an advanced machine to delve inside a mummy and uncover its secrets, the project had lost its way and its credibility. Today on the program we delve inside the minds of criminal defence lawyers; how do they see their role, and how do they defend clients they suspect are guilty? Despite my silence, she could tell I didn't quite agree with her, and delved inside her layers of clothing and pulled out a crumpled photograph. One of them sought to rob me, zipping open a compartment in the briefcase I was carrying and delving inside for what he could steal. At great personal risk I delved in among the spines today but, apart from last year's abandoned nest, there was nothing. She delved inside the bag and felt the miniscule amount of produce, now blackened by the heat. Pretty soon, I was able to close my eyes and delve inside myself, to search for my core of power hidden within my inner being. Paul delves into rock-pools in search of crabs and Helen accidentally steps into a rock pool and gets wet feet. The boy delved in his trouser pockets and his face fell. She reached out to him and her hand delved into his pocket. She delved in a drawer and produced a Duracell battery. While I was thinking of a new subject for my column, I was delving into my handbag searching for a pen, when suddenly the idea came to me, ‘the handbag’. Eagerly, her free hand, pouch set aside, delved in to count her treasure. The robot has tiny arms that can reach in between ribs and delve into the heart, and it apparently even sews stitches more smoothly than a person. Synonyms rummage in, rummage about in, rummage around in, rummage round in, search, search through, hunt through, scrabble about in, scrabble around in, root about in, root around in, ferret in, ferret about in, ferret around in, fish about in, fish around in, poke about in, poke around in, dig in, grub about in, grub around in, go through, burrow in 1.1 Research or make painstaking inquiries into something. 探索，钻研 as we delve further into the atom's secrets Example sentencesExamples Researchers have been delving into the history of the royal menagerie, using animal remains to reveal the secrets of medieval lions once locked up in the Tower. She delved into the transcript with a vengeance, searching for further twists in Four Corners' fuzzy skein of truth. Those serious about magick will eventually start finding that the fluffy books don't delve deep enough and this will motivate them to search for deeper texts on the subject. Along with that, the show has two researchers delving into all the newspaper periodicals that are sent in. My friend - no ordinary being - a doctor by profession, a compassionate man by nature, decided he had to delve into the world of alternate healing to reach out to his fellow brethren. If I were researching, I would need to know what source materials could offer before I delved in - they may not be wholly relevant to the subject. To start figuring out how the virus will transform wildlife of the Americas, researchers have been delving into the details of how animals pick up the virus. The authors delve into some research prototypes on presence management and detection. I delved into the deepest recesses of the Net in search of everything I desired. Detectives are continuing to delve into the experienced skydiver's background in their search for a motive for the murder. Ethnographic research delves into the everyday lives of consumers to go beyond what they say - and record what they do. Once you start delving into corruption in sport, it's difficult to know where to draw the line. It takes considerable clarity of purpose to delve beyond mythic images and reach the primordial roots. His research delves into matroidal structures, a concept based on graphs and matrices and its applications. I was confused and delved into my own research on the matter. So the former researcher spent months delving into the science to figure out what went wrong. And as the family of the man paid tribute to a ‘wonderful son and brother’, detectives began delving into the popular young man's background for a possible motive to murder. The young lady in question has asked protection from local authorities to protect her from journalistic assault by the lurid press that are delving into her background. Piecing the picture together requires delving into various academic, government and NGO sources - some of which can be found on the Internet. Then again, whenever he tried to delve into his own background history, something inside of him would be fraught with stress and discomfort. Synonyms investigate, conduct investigations into, make enquiries into, enquire into, probe, examine, explore, research, study, look into, go into 1.2literary with object Dig; excavate. 〈诗/文〉挖掘 the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels 从地面而下的通道使她感到惊奇，这些地道居然挖得如此之大。 Example sentencesExamples He turned the corner and still the tunnel delved deeper into the rock. Although the economy as a set of material practices has existed ever since ‘Adam delved and Eve span,’ it was not conceptualized as separate until about 300 years ago. He knew not if she wanted him to delve into the tunnels once more or to stay put. There were four burly men at the table, miners by the look of them, men who delved in the earth. They rounded another corner, careful not to brush up against the slime-covered wall and descended down another tunnel, delving deeper underground. Synonyms dig, excavate, burrow, tunnel Origin Old English delfan ‘dig’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven.
随便看	out of puff out of reach out of road out-of-round out-of-roundness out of sb's hair out of season out of season out of senses out-of-series out of service out of service out of sight out of sight out of sight, out of mind out of sight, out of mind out of skull out of somebody's hair out of someone's hair out of sorts out of sorts out of square out of square out-of-state out-of-stater