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单词 excavate
释义
excavate
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈek.skə.veɪt/us
/ˈek.skə.veɪt/
toremoveearththat iscoveringveryoldobjectsburiedin thegroundinordertodiscoverthings about the past:
发掘；挖出
Iceagebonesare being excavated in thecaves.冰河时期的遗骸正从岩洞中发掘出来。
todigaholeorchannelin theground,especiallywith amachine:
（尤指用机器）开凿，挖（洞），挖空
Intinminingtoday,workersexcavatetunnelshorizontally from averticalshaft.如今开采锡矿，工人们从竖井中横向开挖隧道。
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excavation
(Definition ofexcavatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

excavate| American Dictionary

excavate
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈek·skəˌveɪt/
todigaholeorchannelin theground, or to make aholeorchannelbyremovingearth:
[I]We’ll beexcavatinghere for thefoundationof thebuilding.
To excavate is also toremoveearthfrom aplaceinordertofindoldobjectsburiedthere:
[T]Archaeologists areexcavatingasitenear thecathedral.

excavation

noun[C/U]us
/ˌek·skəˈveɪ·ʃən/
[C]an excavation 40feetdeep
(Definition ofexcavatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexcavate

excavate
Six cabins excavated to date had all been consciously erased from the landscape by the evictors.
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Approximately one-third of the extant deposit was excavated (1.25 m3), resulting in the recovery of 170.6 kg of workshop debris, totaling millions of flakes.
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In stark contrast, the termites excavated more frequently and produced longer tunnels at the far end of the second choices.
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Active burrows, defined by freshly excavated soil surrounding open entrances, were also counted.
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The sampling unit was a monolith of 100 x 100 x 40 cm excavated from each quadrat.
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The reconstruction was orchestrated through the collapsing of the sites' post-war present and its desired future on to its excavated and reimagined ancient past.
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One 2- 2-m pit was excavated in each quadrant to locate precisely the major concentrations of subsur face cultural deposits.
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Another was reportedly found when a pit was excavated for one of the supports for the foundations of a house.
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In an area near where the sculpture was found we excavated 25% of the interior of a square house foundation.
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The central area was excavated in the early 20th century so the stratigraphy is not always clear.
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Anterior pleural field excavated by rather large triangular depression devoid of sculptural elements.
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An area of 0.2r0.2 m was excavated to a depth of 300 mm with a narrow, flat-bladed shovel and handsaw.
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Over-wintering pupae excavated in cotton lands are also commonly found to be like this.
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When excavated, this pit was found to be empty.
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To facilitate accurate recording of ar tifact locations, we divided the pit into quadrants and excavated each in arbitrary 20 cm levels.
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