| 释义 | drill for something collocation
 to look for oil, gas, etc. by making a deep hole in the ground using special equipment:
 They are going to drill for oil nearby.他们准备在附近钻探石油。
 The company has applied to drill for gas on a vacant tract of land.
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 drillThey wanted to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
 They were drilling for water and found natural gas instead.
 The state has put a moratorium on granting any new permits to drill for methane.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Digging
 borer
 break groundidiom
 burrow
 dig
 dig (yourself) in
 dig someone/something out
 drill
 excavate
 excavator
 furrow
 grub
 mine
 plough
 plough something back/in
 quarry
 redrill
 root
 root something out/up
 sink
 tunnel
 
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