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えぐる

えぐる 抉る 1 地面 木などを 】【くり抜く 】hollow out ; 【丸のみなどでくり抜く 】gouge /ɡáudʒ / … (out ).▸ 目玉をえぐり出す gouge out his 〙 eyes .▸ 川岸は流水でえぐられた The river banks were hollowed out by water .2 【胸 問題などを 】▸ 心をえぐるような ⦅痛切な ⦆悲しみ acute [(胸の張り裂けそうな ) heartbreaking ] grief .▸ 問題の核心をえぐる ⦅鋭く突く ⦆get to the heart [core, point ] of the matter .▸ 彼は愛犬の死に胸をえぐられる思いだった He was heartbroken over the death of his pet dog [when his pet dog died ].