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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

first dock was dug

In the sixteenth century the first dock was dug where ships were constructed, eventually making the East End the focus of massive international trade.

What does "first dock was dug" mean here?
  

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I know now, I suppose dug is adjective before.
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It means that the first time to build up the pier at the East End of London.

The author wanted to explain that the international trade can be advanced by the dock which constructed in the sixteenth century.

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It means people made the first dock in the sixteenth century. Dug - past tense of 'dig'

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