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excavate v.挖掘；挖开；发掘（古物） (1) 挖掘古老的特洛伊城，花了很长时间。(2) 我准许他在金矿周围挖掘。(3) 他们计划挖个大洞。(4) 考古学家发掘出一个埋在地下的城市。 Construction crews also excavate when they remove material from the ground. Workers slowly excavate subways tunnels using explosives to break up the rock and earth. Then the workers clear away the materials, hollowing out a tunnel as they go. It often takes a lot of time and effort to excavate. But most people would agree a new subway line is dynamite!

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英 ['ekskəveɪt] 美 ['ekskəveɪt] (1) It took a long time to excavate the ancient city of Troy.(2) I let him excavate around the mine.(3) They plan to excavate a large hole.(4) The archaeologists excavated a buried city. To excavate is to remove or find by digging. If you have rocky soil in your garden, you may have to excavate it to remove the rocks and replace them with additional soil. 1[VERB 动词]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.   [V n]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。excavation...the excavation of a bronze-age boat...挖掘出来的青铜器时代的船In time these new excavations will require conservation.这些刚发掘出来的物品需要及时保护。2[VERB 动词]挖；开凿 To excavate means to dig a hole in the ground, for example in order to build there.   [V n]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。excavationOur new habitation was an excavation made in the earth.我们的新居是在地里挖出的一个洞。...the excavation of canals.运河的开凿

英语单词	excavate
英美音标	英 ['ekskəveɪt] 美 ['ekskəveɪt]
中文释义	v.挖掘；挖开；发掘（古物）
英语例句	(1) It took a long time to excavate the ancient city of Troy. (2) I let him excavate around the mine. (3) They plan to excavate a large hole. (4) The archaeologists excavated a buried city.
中文例句	(1) 挖掘古老的特洛伊城，花了很长时间。 (2) 我准许他在金矿周围挖掘。 (3) 他们计划挖个大洞。 (4) 考古学家发掘出一个埋在地下的城市。
vocabulary简明	To excavate is to remove or find by digging. If you have rocky soil in your garden, you may have to excavate it to remove the rocks and replace them with additional soil.
vocabulary扩展	Construction crews also excavate when they remove material from the ground. Workers slowly excavate subways tunnels using explosives to break up the rock and earth. Then the workers clear away the materials, hollowing out a tunnel as they go. It often takes a lot of time and effort to excavate. But most people would agree a new subway line is dynamite!
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]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. [V n] 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。 excavation ...the excavation of a bronze-age boat... 挖掘出来的青铜器时代的船 In time these new excavations will require conservation. 这些刚发掘出来的物品需要及时保护。 2 [VERB 动词]挖；开凿 To excavate means to dig a hole in the ground, for example in order to build there. [V n] 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。 excavation Our new habitation was an excavation made in the earth. 我们的新居是在地里挖出的一个洞。 ...the excavation of canals. 运河的开凿

Excavate Excavation Remove Time Archaeologists Buried Soil Workers