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excavate

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

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"
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