| 释义 |
excavate
['ek.skə.veɪt] verb intransitive or transitive
■to remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past 发掘；挖出•Tintagel Castle is being excavated.考古学家正在发掘廷塔杰尔城堡遗址。 ■to dig a hole or channel in the ground, especially with a machine （尤指用机器）开凿，挖（洞），挖空•In tin mining today, workers excavate tunnels horizontally from a vertical shaft.如今开采锡矿，工人们从竖井中横向开挖隧道。 |