excavate

excavate读音音标

英 [ˈekskəveɪt]

美 [ˈɛkskəˌvet]

excavate意思解释

vt.

挖掘；

开凿；

挖出；

发掘

vi.

发掘；

变形

过去式：excavated

过去分词：excavated

现在分词：excavating

第三人称单数：excavates

英英释义

v.

lay bare through digging

\"Schliemann excavated Troy\"

同义词：unearth

find by digging in the ground

同义词：dig upturn up

form by hollowing

\"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University\'s rowing team\"; \"excavate a cavity\"

remove the inner part or the core of

\"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside\"

同义词：dighollow

双语例句

用作动词(v.)It took a long time to excavate the ancient city of Troy.挖掘古老的特洛伊城，花了很长时间。I let him excavate around the mine.我准许他在金矿周围挖掘。They plan to excavate a large hole.他们计划挖个大洞。The archaeologists excavated a buried city.考古学家发掘出一个埋在地下的城市。