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excavate

英 [ˈekskəveɪt]

美 [ˈekskəveɪt]

v.  发掘,挖出(古建筑或古物); 挖掘,开凿,挖空(洞、隧道等)

过去分词:excavated 过去式:excavated 现在分词:excavating 第三人称单数:excavates 

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Collins.1 / BNC.10210 / COCA.10160

同义词辨析

digburrowdelveexcavatetunnel【导航词义:挖】

digv. 挖,掘
〔辨析〕
指用手、工具、机器等挖洞、掘土。
〔例证〕
dig a hole in the ground
在地上挖个洞
The dog is digging in the backyard.
狗在后院刨坑。
After digging down about 30m, they found a big iron box.
向下挖了大约30米,他们找到一个大铁盒子。
burrowv. 挖掘;挖洞
〔辨析〕
指挖洞或开掘通道。
〔例证〕
The thief tried to burrow a narrow path downward.
小偷试图朝下挖出一条窄窄的通道。
The groundhog burrowed into the earth.
那只土拨鼠挖洞钻入了土里。
delvev. 搜寻,翻找
〔辨析〕
指把手伸进袋子、容器等深处找寻某物。
〔例证〕
She delved into her schoolbag and brought out a pen.
她在自己的书包里翻找着,拿出一支钢笔。
Mary delved in her handbag for the passport.
玛丽在手提包里翻找护照。
excavatev. 〈正式〉开凿;发掘
〔辨析〕
指挖洞、开凿隧道等,也指科学家或考古学家发掘出古物。
〔例证〕
It took them 10 years to excavate the tunnel.
他们花了10年时间才挖掘出这条隧道。
The archeologists are discussing how to excavate the buried ancient city.
考古学家们正在讨论如何发掘出被埋的古城。
tunnelv. 挖,挖掘
〔辨析〕
指开凿隧道、挖地道等,也指昆虫挖掘洞穴。
〔例证〕
The villagers on the remote island have been dreaming of tunnelling under the sea.
那座偏远小岛上的居民一直梦想着开凿海底隧道。
The grubs tunnelled into the trunk.
小虫子钻进了树干里。

牛津词典

    verb

    • 发掘,挖出(古建筑或古物)
      to dig in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time; to find sth by digging in this way
      1. The site has been excavated by archaeologists.
        这个遗址已被考古学家发掘出来。
      2. pottery and weapons excavated from the burial site
        从墓地挖掘出的陶器和兵器
    • 挖掘,开凿,挖空(洞、隧道等)
      to make a hole, etc. in the ground by digging
      1. The body was discovered when builders excavated the area.
        建筑工人挖地时发现了这具尸体。

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB 发掘,挖掘(古物等)
      When archaeologists or other peopleexcavatea 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.
      1. 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
      Toexcavatemeans to dig a hole in the ground, for example in order to build there.
      1. 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。

    英英释义

    verb

    • remove the inner part or the core of
      1. the mining company wants to excavate the hillside
      Synonym:dighollow
    • form by hollowing
      1. Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team
      2. excavate a cavity
    • find by digging in the ground
      1. I dug up an old box in the garden
      Synonym:dig upturn up
    • recover through digging
      1. Schliemann excavated Troy
      2. excavate gold
      Synonym:unearth

    双语例句

    • They plan to excavate a large hole before putting in the foundations.
      他们计划打地基前先挖个大洞。
    • I let him excavate around the mine.
      我准许他在金矿周围挖掘。
    • 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。
    • Nevertheless, because of his ideology and ultra-reaction to rationalistic practice, Hayek focus to excavate the tradition of latitudinarianism and evolutionism rooted in western society.
      不过,由于哈耶克本人的意识形态取向以及对当时日益偏盛的理性实践的过激反应,导致了他集中主要精力去发掘西方社会中的自由演化传统。
    • Archaeologists excavate, preserve, study, and classify artifacts of the near and distant past in order to develop a picture of how people lived in earlier cultures and societies.
      为了描绘人类在早期文明和社会中的生活景象,考古学家挖掘、保护、研究并且将近代和古代起舞分类。
    • Those who excavate sites of ancient culture or ancient tombs without permission are punishable for larceny.
      私自挖掘古文化遗址、古墓葬的,以盗窃论处。
    • Did you excavate the entire chimney?
      把整个烟囱都掏空了吗?
    • Such proposals bring Confucius's rehabilitation into the open. Large-diameter longhole blasting was used to excavate soil-rock in some engineering project.
      诸如此类的建议为孔子的复原打开了大门。某工程的土石方开挖采用大直径深孔爆破方式。
    • To follow up this work many plans have been made by various universities and museums to excavate early remains.
      紧接着这一工作之后,许多大学和博物馆制订计划,准备发掘早期遗址。
    • Libraries should use the concept of "systematic thought" to wholly and actively excavate librarians latent knowledge, realizing the communication and share of the knowledge.
      图书馆要运用“系统思考”的理念整体地、动态地挖掘馆员个体的隐性知识,实现知识的交流与共享。