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Definition of unearth in English: unearthverbʌnˈəːθˌənˈərθ [with object]1Find (something) in the ground by digging. （从地下）挖掘；掘出 workmen unearthed an ancient artillery shell Example sentencesExamples - During the process he also unearths human bones.
- Following last year's trench excavation at the site by Channel Four's Time Team, experts, students and local volunteers have returned to the grounds to unearth the remains of Sion Abbey.
- A number of Bronze Age cremation pits were discovered along the route and pieces of ancient pottery were unearthed.
- Volunteers working for the Royal Tyrrell Museum ‘can enjoy the thrill of unearthing the intricate fossils that add to our knowledge of these giants from the past.’
- British archaeologists are enriched not impoverished if one of their colleagues from another country unearths a key bit of the jigsaw of an ancient civilisation.
- The exhumers, Sheffield-based UK Exhumation Service Ltd, have already accidentally unearthed a historic crypt, when the ground collapsed under the weight of a digger.
- The man that helped to trigger all the excitement by unearthing the Viking relic, Dalton metal detector enthusiast David Mortimer-Kelly, is also hard at work scanning for more artefacts.
- On the island, the father unearths a box and hides it in the boat.
- Army bomb squad experts rushed to Cranfield on Monday after workmen unearthed an unexploded mortar.
- A team of volunteers is hoping to unearth the remains of classrooms of a ground-breaking but forgotten Bradford school.
- Professor Quatermass is called in when building work unearths an ancient skull, which appears to challenge conceptions of man's origins.
- The workmen appear to have unearthed a section of root from a plant which grew in the prehistoric equivalent of the mangrove swamps found today around the Amazon or Northern Australia.
- Up to 2,000 people face a second night out of their homes while Army bomb disposal teams work to stabilise a 1,000 lb Second World War bomb unearthed by workmen.
- A high school student unearthed the ancient remains of the new species three years ago in the Patagonia region of Argentina.
- When Koff unearths the body of a child who has a pocket full of marbles, she muses over the tragedy of the situation.
- A village historical society is breaking new ground - by using moles to unearth treasures from the past.
- The goatskin manuscripts of these ancient psalms were unearthed near the Dead Sea ruins of Qumran in 1948.
- It was unearthed by workmen in Leeds in 1852, and the bones are believed to have been part of a Great Northern Hippopotamus.
- No one was more excited than archaeologist Eli Shukron, who was there when the steps to the ancient pool were unearthed.
- A 66-year-old man from New Addington has unearthed a fossil in his back garden which is thought to be up to 90 million years old.
Synonyms dig up, excavate, exhume, disinter, bring to the surface, mine, quarry, pull out, root out, scoop out, disentomb, unbury - 1.1 Discover (something hidden, lost, or kept secret) by investigation or searching.
发掘；揭露 they have done all they can to unearth the truth 他们已尽其所能去探索真相。 Example sentencesExamples - Gradually, the Chicago news media unearthed and exposed the truth.
- Those who approach it like this will discover that there are rewards to be unearthed.
- Kwan unearths copious clips from her films and interviews the veterans who knew her, as well as telling her story in dramatic form.
- If this investigation should unearth anything untoward, payments could be stopped.
- For a while, the progression of their relationship echoes the discoveries they unearth about Ash and Christabel.
- The site is known for unearthing legal records that shed new light, often embarrassing light, on actors, politicians, even reality show contestants.
- The movie performs a kind of archaeology of crime, unearthing the secrets that lie beneath secrets, and discovering finally the bottomlessness of every mystery.
- There is a significant level of crime which needs to be unearthed, investigated and prosecuted.
- However, investigators were unable to unearth conclusive documentary evidence to support the allegations.
- Deborah says something cruel to Carla to deny the truth that Carla unearthed.
- It might have been economic reasons, but a more grisly truth is being unearthed at a church nearby.
- David Ades writes some excellent notes and the project deserves continued encouragement for its capacity to unearth some long lost recorded treasures from the dusty archives.
- She searched through her small shopping bags, and unearthed something very small.
- The present book breaks new ground, unearthing a treasure trove of visual delights as well as a profusion of new information.
- He added that no evidence of impropriety had been unearthed during the course of an internal investigation carried out on the company's behalf.
- ‘In reality it is only through the thoroughness of investigation of the more recent offences that we have unearthed these striking similarities,’ he said.
- It will be interesting to see if, following his death, a secret lover, male or female, is unearthed.
- It was the military's subsequent investigations that unearthed almost all of the disturbing details and photographs used by critics to castigate this department.
- Just as gradually as it dawned on me that this was non-fiction, it also began to dawn on me that there is only so much truth that can be unearthed in the biography of a compulsive liar.
- Although drafts have been produced in evidence no signed document has been unearthed despite a search of all the residents' files.
Synonyms discover, uncover, find, come across, hit on, strike on, encounter, track down, bring to light, reveal, expose, elicit, turn up, dredge up, ferret out, hunt out, fish out, nose out, sniff out, smell out, take the wraps off
2Drive (an animal, especially a fox) out of a hole or burrow. 从洞中赶出（动物，尤指狐狸）
Definition of unearth in US English: unearthverbˌənˈərTHˌənˈərθ [with object]1Find (something) in the ground by digging. （从地下）挖掘；掘出 Example sentencesExamples - The exhumers, Sheffield-based UK Exhumation Service Ltd, have already accidentally unearthed a historic crypt, when the ground collapsed under the weight of a digger.
- No one was more excited than archaeologist Eli Shukron, who was there when the steps to the ancient pool were unearthed.
- The workmen appear to have unearthed a section of root from a plant which grew in the prehistoric equivalent of the mangrove swamps found today around the Amazon or Northern Australia.
- The goatskin manuscripts of these ancient psalms were unearthed near the Dead Sea ruins of Qumran in 1948.
- A 66-year-old man from New Addington has unearthed a fossil in his back garden which is thought to be up to 90 million years old.
- Up to 2,000 people face a second night out of their homes while Army bomb disposal teams work to stabilise a 1,000 lb Second World War bomb unearthed by workmen.
- When Koff unearths the body of a child who has a pocket full of marbles, she muses over the tragedy of the situation.
- A village historical society is breaking new ground - by using moles to unearth treasures from the past.
- During the process he also unearths human bones.
- The man that helped to trigger all the excitement by unearthing the Viking relic, Dalton metal detector enthusiast David Mortimer-Kelly, is also hard at work scanning for more artefacts.
- Following last year's trench excavation at the site by Channel Four's Time Team, experts, students and local volunteers have returned to the grounds to unearth the remains of Sion Abbey.
- A number of Bronze Age cremation pits were discovered along the route and pieces of ancient pottery were unearthed.
- Volunteers working for the Royal Tyrrell Museum ‘can enjoy the thrill of unearthing the intricate fossils that add to our knowledge of these giants from the past.’
- A team of volunteers is hoping to unearth the remains of classrooms of a ground-breaking but forgotten Bradford school.
- A high school student unearthed the ancient remains of the new species three years ago in the Patagonia region of Argentina.
- It was unearthed by workmen in Leeds in 1852, and the bones are believed to have been part of a Great Northern Hippopotamus.
- Army bomb squad experts rushed to Cranfield on Monday after workmen unearthed an unexploded mortar.
- On the island, the father unearths a box and hides it in the boat.
- Professor Quatermass is called in when building work unearths an ancient skull, which appears to challenge conceptions of man's origins.
- British archaeologists are enriched not impoverished if one of their colleagues from another country unearths a key bit of the jigsaw of an ancient civilisation.
Synonyms dig up, excavate, exhume, disinter, bring to the surface, mine, quarry, pull out, root out, scoop out, disentomb, unbury - 1.1 Discover (something hidden, lost, or kept secret) by investigation or searching.
发掘；揭露 they have done all they can to unearth the truth 他们已尽其所能去探索真相。 Example sentencesExamples - Gradually, the Chicago news media unearthed and exposed the truth.
- The movie performs a kind of archaeology of crime, unearthing the secrets that lie beneath secrets, and discovering finally the bottomlessness of every mystery.
- She searched through her small shopping bags, and unearthed something very small.
- ‘In reality it is only through the thoroughness of investigation of the more recent offences that we have unearthed these striking similarities,’ he said.
- It might have been economic reasons, but a more grisly truth is being unearthed at a church nearby.
- Although drafts have been produced in evidence no signed document has been unearthed despite a search of all the residents' files.
- Those who approach it like this will discover that there are rewards to be unearthed.
- Kwan unearths copious clips from her films and interviews the veterans who knew her, as well as telling her story in dramatic form.
- There is a significant level of crime which needs to be unearthed, investigated and prosecuted.
- However, investigators were unable to unearth conclusive documentary evidence to support the allegations.
- If this investigation should unearth anything untoward, payments could be stopped.
- Deborah says something cruel to Carla to deny the truth that Carla unearthed.
- He added that no evidence of impropriety had been unearthed during the course of an internal investigation carried out on the company's behalf.
- David Ades writes some excellent notes and the project deserves continued encouragement for its capacity to unearth some long lost recorded treasures from the dusty archives.
- The site is known for unearthing legal records that shed new light, often embarrassing light, on actors, politicians, even reality show contestants.
- For a while, the progression of their relationship echoes the discoveries they unearth about Ash and Christabel.
- It was the military's subsequent investigations that unearthed almost all of the disturbing details and photographs used by critics to castigate this department.
- Just as gradually as it dawned on me that this was non-fiction, it also began to dawn on me that there is only so much truth that can be unearthed in the biography of a compulsive liar.
- The present book breaks new ground, unearthing a treasure trove of visual delights as well as a profusion of new information.
- It will be interesting to see if, following his death, a secret lover, male or female, is unearthed.
Synonyms discover, uncover, find, come across, hit on, strike on, encounter, track down, bring to light, reveal, expose, elicit, turn up, dredge up, ferret out, hunt out, fish out, nose out, sniff out, smell out, take the wraps off
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