delve
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they delve | |
| he / she / it delves | |
| past simple delved | |
| past participle delved | |
| -ing form delving |
- + adv./prep.
to reach inside a bag, container, etc. to search for something （在手提包、容器等中）翻找 Word OriginOld English delfan ‘dig’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch delven.