excavate
- IPA[ˈɛkskəveɪt]
英式
- make (a hole or channel) by digging；dig out material from (the ground)
verb: excavate, 3rd person present: excavates, gerund or present participle: excavating, past tense: excavated, past participle: excavated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make (a hole or channel) by digging the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench 同義詞
- ▪ dig out material from (the ground) the ground was largely excavated by hand
- ▪ extract (material) from the ground by digging a large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel
- 2. remove earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains the site was excavated in 1975
- ▪ reveal or extract (buried remains) while excavating an area clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site 同義詞
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- IPA[ˈekskəˌvāt]
美式
- make (a hole or channel) by digging: the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench
Oxford American Dictionary
