excavate

英 ['ekskəveɪt] 美['ɛkskə'vet]
  • vt. 挖掘;开凿
  • vi. 发掘;细查

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词态变化


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

中文词源


excavate 发掘

ex-, 向外。cave, 洞穴。

英英释意


1. lay bare through digging;
"Schliemann excavated Troy"
2. find by digging in the ground;
"I dug up an old box in the garden"
3. form by hollowing;
"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"
"excavate a cavity"
4. remove the inner part or the core of;
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"

英文词源


excavate (v.)
1590s, from Latin excavatus, past participle of excavare "to hollow out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + cavare "to hollow, hollow out," from cavus "cave" (see cave (n.)). Related: Excavated; excavating.

实用场景例句


The site has been excavated by archaeologists.
这个遗址已被考古学家发掘出来。

牛津词典

pottery and weapons excavated from the burial site
从墓地挖掘出的陶器和兵器

牛津词典

The body was discovered when builders excavated the area.
建筑工人挖地时发现了这具尸体。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The mining company wants to excavate the hillside.
矿业公司想开凿这个山坡.

期刊摘选

Therefore, I believe myself also has this kind of strength which still do not excavate.
因此, 我相信自己也有着这种未被发掘的力量.

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They plan to excavate a large hole.
他们计划挖个大洞.

《简明英汉词典》

Those who excavate sites of ancient culture or 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.

期刊摘选

Because oil industry is resource excavate enterprise, have the specialty of the industry.
由于石油行业是资源采掘企业, 具有行业的非凡性.

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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.

辞典例句

I let him excavate around the mine.
我准许他在金矿周围挖掘.

期刊摘选

The 2 nd week, driveway fill and level up, but excavate.
第二星期, 马路填平了, 可又挖开了.

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To allow renovations to be completed, scientists pioneered a new technique to excavate the bones.
为了使其复原, 科学家倡导用新技术挖掘骨头.

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Fill and level up of the third week of driveway, but excavate.
第三星期马路填平了, 可又挖开了.

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The researchers plan to excavate the second pliosaur when they return to Spitsbergen this summer.
研究者计划在这个夏季返回斯匹次卑尔根群岛挖掘第二具化石.

期刊摘选

Brightrays such as these are produced as impacts excavate and eject relatively unweathered subsurface material.
这些放射状陨石坑产生于天体撞击溅出的地下物质,绵延在遍布陨石坑的水星表面数百公里.

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Art and science are not implacable, but can excavate to have great potentialities.
艺术与科学并非不可调和, 而是大有潜力可挖掘.

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To create a one metre wide path you need to excavate a one metre wide trench.
要建一条一米宽的小路,你需要开凿一条一米宽的深沟.

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Chapter three: discussion how to excavate aesthetic points of high school novel through Characterpicture.
第三 章 对怎样利用风情画在高中小说教学中实施审美教育进行集中探讨.

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It took a long time to excavate the ancient city of Troy.
挖掘古老的特洛伊城,花了很长时间.

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We will also excavate the folk art new product to put out constantly.
我们还会不断的挖掘民间工艺新品推出.

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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.

期刊摘选

To allow to be completed, scientists pioneered a new technique to excavate the bones.
为了能够重现完整的骨架, 科学家们想出了发掘遗骸的新方法.

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This machine uses multiple scoops to excavate stale raw material continuously.
该机是利用多个铲斗对陈化的物料进行连续挖掘供料的设备.

期刊摘选

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。

柯林斯例句