excavate
美音:[´ekskə´veıt
]
英音:[´ekskə´veıt
]
v.挖掘,开凿,挖出,挖空
难易程度:
excavate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:excavated 过去分词:excavated 现在分词:excavating 第三人称单数:excavates
词根
cav＝hollow（中空的）
近义词, 同义词
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excavate
/'ekskəveɪt; `ɛkskə,vet/
v [Tn]
1 (fml 文) make (a hole or channel) by digging; remove (soil, etc) by digging 挖掘（洞或水道、河床）; 掘出（土等）
*excavate a trench 挖壕沟.
2 uncover or extract by digging (esp sth from earlier times) 发掘（尤指古物）
*excavate a buried city, a Greek vase 发掘出一地下城市、一希腊花瓶.
v [Tn]
1 (fml 文) make (a hole or channel) by digging; remove (soil, etc) by digging 挖掘（洞或水道、河床）; 掘出（土等）
*excavate a trench 挖壕沟.
2 uncover or extract by digging (esp sth from earlier times) 发掘（尤指古物）
*excavate a buried city, a Greek vase 发掘出一地下城市、一希腊花瓶.
excavate
v [I and T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of excavare, from cavus 'hollow']
if a scientist or archaeologist excavates an area of land, they dig carefully to find ancient objects, bones etc
Schliemann excavated the ancient city of Troy.
formal to make a hole in the ground by digging up soil etc
>excavation [,ekskə'veɪʃən/
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of excavare, from cavus 'hollow']
if a scientist or archaeologist excavates an area of land, they dig carefully to find ancient objects, bones etc
Schliemann excavated the ancient city of Troy.
formal to make a hole in the ground by digging up soil etc
>excavation [,ekskə'veɪʃən/
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