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单词 excavator
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excavator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈek.skə.veɪ.tər/us
/ˈek.skə.veɪ.t̬ɚ/
UK
(USsteam shovel)
alarge,powerfulmachinewith acontainerconnectedto alongarm, used fordiggingup theground
挖土机；挖掘机
picture of excavator
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apersonwhodigsup thegroundlookingfor something:
Teams of excavators have beensearchingforhumanremains.
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Engineering - mining & quarrying
Digging
(Definition ofexcavatorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • The biggest vehicle in the world is the bucket-wheel excavator.
  • But is not the material detached simply thrust back behind the excavator as the work progresses?
  • They are made by the ashes that have been dug out by the excavators and piled here.
excavator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈek.skə.veɪ.tər/us
/ˈek.skə.veɪ.t̬ɚ/
UK
(USsteam shovel)
alarge,powerfulmachinewith acontainerconnectedto alongarm, used fordiggingup theground
挖土机；挖掘机

Examplesofexcavator

excavator
Other excavators have successfully employed these data i n t heir research strategy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Direct evidence for ceramic production, contexts in which supposed "kilns" are found, and where ceramic production took place generally lie beyond the areas of focus of most excavators.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A few weeks later, the excavators and lorries arrived, because an old gravel extraction consent was still extant.
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The second and quite different matter refers to the level of industry plan, and particularly to the production of excavators.
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We export excavators and, equally, we import excavating equipment.
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Obviously, we cannot make excavators in lipstick factories, or locomotives in clothing factories.
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We did not make the contract for the excavators.
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We have a number more on order, and every week that passes sees more excavators at work in the country.
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One of the excavators promptly broke down and was out of action for several months.
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Two tracked excavators are deployed to excavate the area.
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Does he suggest that he can rebuild ancient but stout walls as quickly as his excavators can destroy them?
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Therefore, to use these categories and to find excavators using the cycle-tracks and flocks of sheep the pavement is not very practical.
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In addition, they are employing directly some 500 men, 40 dragline excavators and ancillary plant on other rehabilitation works.
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The pneumatic drills, excavators, dumper trucks, pile drivers and cement mixers will operate immediately behind their small back yards.
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There you have labourers and you have also excavators or navvies, very closely allied to the work of the labourers.
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