• vi. 鉆研；探究；挖
• vt. 鉆研；探究；挖
• n. 穴；洞
• n. (Delve)人名；(英)德爾夫

來自PIE*dhelbh, 挖，來自PIE*dhel,挖，挖掘，詞源同dell, dale. 引申義翻找。

delve (v.)

Old English delfan "to dig" (class III strong verb; past tense dealf, past participle dolfen), common West Germanic verb (cognates: Old Saxon delban, Dutch delven, Middle High German telben "to dig"), from PIE root *dhelbh- (cognates: Lithuanian delba "crowbar," Russian dolbit', Czech dlabati, Polish d?uba? "to chisel;" Russian dolotó, Czech dlato, Polish d?uto "chisel"). Weak inflections emerged 14c.-16c. Related: Delved; delving.

1. We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.

我們不應該過分深究這件痛苦的事.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. If you're interested in a subject, use the Internet to delve deeper.

如果對某一主題感興趣，就上網進一步深入研究。

來自辭典例句

3. I'd like to delve further into your response: " Hard work never killed anybody ".

你認為, “ 勤奮的工作從來累不死人. ” 我愿對此做進一步的探討.

來自辭典例句

4. Delve a little deeper if you really want to know the score.

如果真想知道事情的個中緣由就需要深一層的鉆研了.

來自互聯網

5. We need to delve more deeply into these questions.

這些是我們想進一步了解的.

來自互聯網