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。 |