开掘的英文：
dig

参考例句：

Canalize:To furnish with or convert into a canal or canals.
开掘运河,改建运河:开掘运河或将…改建成一条或数条运河.

To prospect for(oil,for example)in an area supposed to be unproductive.
盲目开掘在认为资源不足的地区盲目找(如油)

Although the sea around them was thought to be rich in oil and minerals, it was uneconomic to utilize them
尽管人们认为它们周围的海域有丰富的石油和矿藏，但是开掘这些资源很不经济。

An active mine
正在开掘中的煤矿

One was a trend toward enhanced elegance and a deep and serious probing in the direction of creating grand operas.
一种是雅化趋势，即沿着严肃大歌剧的方向继续深入开掘

dig是什么意思：
v. 掘；凿；挖；挖掘；掘得；发掘
n. 刺，戳，碰；挖苦

They are digging at physics.
他们在钻研物理学。

What are they digging for?
他们正在探究什么?

To dig or hollow out.
挖洞，挖空

The detectives are digging into this whole business.
侦探们正在彻底地调查这整件事情。

It is not easy to dig out the past.
发掘过去的历史是不容易的。