digger
digger — 名詞
1. a large vehicle with a metal bucket or scoop at the front, used for breaking up
挖土機
用於挖掘和移動泥土的大型車輛
a large vehicle with a metal bucket or scoop at the front, used for breaking up and moving earth, rocks, or other heavy materials at construction sites or mines.
A yellow digger was loading earth into a truck at the construction site.
一輛黃色的挖土機正在工地把泥土裝上卡車。
collocation: digger + construction site
The crew used a digger to dig a deep trench for the new water pipes.
工作人員用挖土機挖了一條深溝，用來鋪設新的水管。
digger + dig a trench
Sven watched the digger scoop up dirt and drop it into a dump truck.
Sven 看著挖土機剷起泥土，然後倒進傾卸車裡。
A digger's metal arm lifted a heavy rock and set it on a flatbed truck.
挖土機的金屬臂舉起一塊大石頭，放到平板卡車上。
- excavator
more technical term for the large machine with a cab and long arm; digger is the everyday word
- backhoe
a smaller digging machine with a bucket on the back of a tractor, used for narrower jobs
- mechanical shovel
British English term for a large digging machine with a scoop
文法句型
a digger
the digger
diggers
用法筆記
Digger is less formal than excavator. In construction contexts, excavator is the more technical term for the large machine with a cab and arm, while digger can refer to any digging vehicle including smaller ones like backhoes.
常見錯誤
2. a person or animal that makes holes or tunnels in the ground, usually in order t
挖洞者
在地上挖洞的人或動物
a person or animal that makes holes or tunnels in the ground, usually in order to find food, create shelter, or build a home.
Moles are fast diggers that can tunnel through garden soil in just a few seconds.
鼴鼠是挖洞高手，短短幾秒鐘就能在花園的土壤中挖出地道。
collocation: fast digger + tunnel through
The rabbit is a natural digger, creating large underground burrows to raise its young.
兔子是天生的挖洞動物，會建造大型地下洞穴來養育後代。
Ezra watched the badger, a powerful digger, vanish into its sett in the woods.
Ezra 看著那隻強壯的挖洞高手——獾——消失在森林中的巢穴裡。
The dog was a keen digger and often buried its favourite toys in the backyard.
那隻狗很喜歡挖洞，經常把最喜歡的玩具埋在後院。
文法句型
a digger
diggers
3. a person who searches for gold in the ground and takes it out, especially by han
淘金者
以簡易工具挖掘黃金的人
a person who searches for gold in the ground and takes it out, especially by hand or with simple tools such as a pan or shovel during a historical gold rush.
During the 1860s gold rush, Tariro worked as a digger in Australia.
在 1860 年代的淘金熱中，Tariro 在澳洲當淘金者。
historical context: gold rush + gold fields
The old photograph showed diggers with pans and shovels beside a river.
那張舊照片裡，淘金者們帶著淘金盤和鏟子站在河邊。
Many diggers travelled to California hoping to find enough gold to change their lives.
許多淘金者前往加州，希望能淘到足夠的黃金來改變人生。
Caio read a book about diggers searching for gold in the Klondike region of Canada.
Caio 讀了一本關於在加拿大克朗代克地區尋找黃金的淘金者的書。
- gold miner
the modern standard term for someone who mines gold, whether historically or today
- prospector
a person who searches for valuable minerals, often before any mine is set up
- forty-niner
a specific term for a digger who went to California in the 1849 gold rush
文法句型
a digger
diggers
用法筆記
This sense is strongly associated with 19th-century gold rushes (California 1849, Australia 1851, Klondike 1896). Modern gold miners are usually called miners, not diggers.
常見錯誤
4. a term of pride and respect for a soldier from Australia, most closely linked to
澳洲士兵
澳洲士兵，尤指參加一戰者
a term of pride and respect for a soldier from Australia, most closely linked to those who served on the battlefields of World War I from 1914 to 1918.
The museum has a special exhibit about the Diggers who fought at Gallipoli in 1915.
博物館內有一個關於 1915 年參加加里波利之戰的澳洲士兵的特展。
capitalized: Diggers + Gallipoli campaign
Each Anzac Day, Australians honour the Diggers who fought in World War I.
每年澳新軍團日，澳洲人都會向參加一戰的澳洲士兵致敬。
Charlotte's great-grandfather was a Digger who fought on the Western Front in France.
Charlotte 的曾祖父是一名在法國西線作戰的澳洲士兵。
The town square has a statue of a Digger with a rifle and a helmet.
鎮上的廣場有一座手持步槍、戴著頭盔的澳洲士兵雕像。
- Australian soldier
the standard, neutral term for any member of the Australian army
- Anzac
a soldier from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought at Gallipoli; broader than Digger as it includes New Zealanders
文法句型
the Diggers
a Digger
用法筆記
When referring to Australian soldiers, the word is often capitalized as Digger. The term carries strong cultural pride and is most frequently used on Anzac Day (April 25) and in discussions of Australian military history. It is not commonly used for modern Australian soldiers, who are usually called soldiers or defence personnel.