把東西挖出來、翻出來
核心畫面本身：受詞是摸得到的實物。
verb · B2
To find something by digging it out of the ground, or to find something that has been buried, packed away, or lost for a long time — usually after looking for it.
挖出、翻找出
核心畫面
One way to picture unearth: earth is the ground, and un- takes something back out of it. So the word marks the moment a thing that was under the soil — or under years of dust, or under silence — comes up into the light where someone can look at it. Two things are always true: it was out of sight for a long time, and someone had to go looking.
「unearth」的畫面可以想成 un-（把…拿掉、反過來）加上 earth（泥土）。也就是把東西從土裡弄上來。這個…更多收起
「unearth」的畫面可以想成 un-（把…拿掉、反過來）加上 earth（泥土）。也就是把東西從土裡弄上來。這個字標記的是那一刻：本來壓在土底下、壓在灰塵底下、壓在沒人提起的沉默底下的東西，終於被翻上來、被看見。用這個字的時候，通常有兩件事同時成立。一是那樣東西很久沒見天日。二是有人去找了，不是剛好看到。From the word’s history
The source entry gives the make-up of the word directly: un- + earth. The modern picture is still the parts of the word doing their plain job.
封包裡的詞源記載很直接：un- 加 earth。今天的用法其實就是這兩個部件照字面在工作——把東西從土裡拿出來。
Wiktionary entry for unearth, kaikki extract supplied in this packet: 'From un- + earth.' (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:671923927:19868)
Two branches
把事實挖出來
被埋住的換成了事實。它一直都在，只是壓在底下沒人看見，直到有人把它翻上來。
verb · B2
To find out facts, evidence, or the truth about something or someone, especially something that was kept quiet or forgotten, and usually after looking carefully.
查出、挖出（真相、資料）
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
unearthverb/ʌnˈɜː(ɹ)θ/
- 1
To drive or draw from the earth.
- to unearth a fox or a badger
- 2
To dig up.
- Modern archaeological excavations have unearthed the remains of a large number of ancient cities that lay buried deep under the sands for more than a thousand years, along the trade route from Bactria to China passing between the Tien Shan mountains in the north and the desert of Taklamakan in the south.
- Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed.
- 3
To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment.
- Near-synonym: discover
- to unearth a secret
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。