excavate
excavate
英[ˈekskəveɪt]美[ˈekskəveɪt]
vt.挖掘，开凿，挖出，发掘；
vi.发掘；
第三人称单数：excavates;
过去式：excavated;
过去分词：excavated;
现在分词：excavating;
例句
They plan to excavate a large hole.他们计划挖个大洞。
I let him excavate around the mine.我准许他在金矿周围挖掘.
The mining company wants to excavate the hillside.矿业公司想开凿这个山坡.
Fill and level up of the third week of driveway, but excavate.第三星期马路填平了, 可又挖开了.
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。
同义词
vt.
excavate的同义词之：挖掘
digunearthpullburrowupscoopexcavate的同义词之：其他释义
ditchunearthshovelburrowscoopdigupgougegrubpulldeepen反义词
vt.
excavate的反义词之：挖;发掘
interburyexcavate的反义词之：其他释义
interbury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
vt.
挖掘, 开凿
They plan to excavate a large hole.他们计划挖个大洞。挖出, 发掘
The archaeologists excavated an ancient fortress.考古学家们发掘出一个古堡。英英词典释义
Verb
1. lay bare through digging;
"Schliemann excavated Troy"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 University's rowing team""excavate a cavity"4. remove the inner part or the core of;
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"
