excavate
excavate 英 [ˈekskəveɪt] 美 [ˈɛkskəˌvet]
v. 挖掘；开凿
进行时:excavating 过去式:excavated 过去分词:excavated 第三人称单数:excavates
- 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.
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- v. 挖掘；开凿
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1. The site has been excavated by archaeologists.
这个遗址已被考古学家发掘出来。
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2. pottery and weapons excavated from the burial site
从墓地挖掘出的陶器和兵器
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3. The body was discovered when builders excavated the area.
建筑工人挖地时发现了这具尸体。
- excavate (v.) "to hollow out, make hollow by digging or scooping, or by removing extraneous matter," 1590s, from Latin excavatus, past participle of excavare "to hollow out," from ex "out" (see ex-) + cavare "to hollow, hollow out," from cavus "cave" (from PIE root *keue- "to swell," also "vault, hole"). Related: Excavated; excavating.
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