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excavate是什么意思

2024-01-01 21:58:17
excavate
美[ekskəveɪt]  英[ekskəveɪt]
v.  挖掘;挖开;发掘(古物)
  过去式:excavated  过去分词:excavated  现在分词:excavating  第三人称单数:excavates
  近义词:dig,unearth,mine,digup,quarry,digout,exhume,hollowout,scoopout,burrow,scoop,shovel,ditch,grub,gouge,deepen,up,pullup,pull,dredge,hollow,turnup,inter,bury,

详细释义

v.(动词)
  1. 挖掘,挖出
  2. (开)凿,凿通
  3. 发掘
  4. 掘开,掘出
  5. 变成空洞
  6. 挖(空),挖(洞)

英英释义

Verb
  1. recover through digging;

    "Schliemann excavated Troy" "excavate gold"

  2. find by digging in the ground;

    "I dug up an old box in the garden"

  3. form by hollowing;

    "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton Universitys rowing team" "excavate a cavity"

  4. remove the inner part or the core of;

    "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. It took a long time to excavate the ancient city of Troy.挖掘古老的特洛伊城,花了很长时间。
  2. I let him excavate around the mine.我准许他在金矿周围挖掘。
  3. They plan to excavate a large hole.他们计划挖个大洞。
  4. The archaeologists excavated a buried city.考古学家发掘出一个埋在地下的城市。