excavate
pronunciation
UK [ˈekskəveɪt]
US [ˈekskəveɪt]
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- vt.
- 挖掘
- 开凿
- 挖出
- 发掘
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- vi.
- 发掘
Word Origin
excavate 发掘
ex-, 向外。cave, 洞穴。
Example
- 1. Hotel managers instructed their engineering team to carefully excavate the site .
- 酒店管理人员要求工程队在现场小心挖掘。
- 2. He 's proven he can race a formula 1 car , take down an opponent in judo , excavate archaeological digs and play piano .
- 他已经证明自己能飙一级方程式赛车,在柔道场上轻松拿下对手,客串考古学家发掘文物,还有弹钢琴。
- 3. Using the liner to check your progress , excavate enough soil to allow at least 6 in.of gravel all around the liner .
- 用排水盆检查进度,挖去的泥土数量得足以在排水盆周围可填入至少6英寸(30cm)的碎石。
- 4. She put together a team to excavate the site and is writing a book about her findings .
- 她召集了一个团队对遗址进行开挖并把发现撰写进了书里。
- 5. It will take many more months of work to excavate the entire skeleton and get it back to la for analysis .
- 挖掘整个骨架并把它运回洛杉矶进行分析还需数月的工作。
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