excavate
英 [ˈekskəveɪt]
[VERB]
excavates , excavating , excavated
1. [T 及物动词] 挖掘（古物）
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 that are buried there, in order to discover information about the past.
双语例句
例：A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs.
一支新的丹麦考察队又在对那个地方进行年度的夏季挖掘。
例：Archaeologists excavated the skeletal remains in Indonesia.
考古学家在印度尼西亚挖掘出了骨骼残骸。
2. [T 及物动词] 挖 , 开凿
To excavate means to dig a hole in the ground, for example, in order to build there.
双语例句
例：A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.
一个承包商被雇来排干蓄水池里的水，然后挖出其中一块地方的泥土，换上粘土。
VERB. 动词
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