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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.
See
drill
They 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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