• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 反义词
  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英汉词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
  • 行业词典释义

excavation

[ˌekskəˈveɪʃn] [ˌɛkskəˈveʃən]
  • 复数:excavations;
  • 例句
    反义词
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • VERB
      发掘,挖掘(古物等)
      When archaeologists or other people excavate a piece of land, they remove earth carefully from it and look for things such as pots, bones, or buildings which are buried there, in order to discover information about the past.
      例句
      A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs. 一支新的丹麦探险队又在那个遗址上进行一年一度的夏季挖掘。
    • VERB
      挖;开凿
      To excavate means to dig a hole in the ground, for example in order to build there.
      例句
      A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay. 雇了一个承包商抽干水库的水,挖掉一个区域的泥土后再用黏土填上。
    英汉词典释义
    • n.
      (对古物的)发掘;挖掘挖掘;开凿
      More discoveries were made as the excavation proceeded. 挖掘期间陆续有所发现。 The bad weather has hung up the work of excavation. 天气不好耽误了挖掘工作。 The excavation of the buried city took a long time. 发掘埋在地下的城市花了很长时间。
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. the act of digging;
      "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
      2. the site of an archeological exploration;
      "they set up camp next to the dig"
      3. a hole in the ground made by excavating
      4. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
    行业词典
    • 医学: 挖除;陷凹:凹形间隙或袋形的腔;
      法律: 挖坑;
      电力: 开挖;