excavate

verb

1. remove the inner part or the core of

e.g. the mining company wants to excavate the hillside

Synonym: dighollow

2. form by hollowing

e.g. Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team
excavate a cavity

3. find by digging in the ground

e.g. I dug up an old box in the garden

Synonym: dig upturn up

4. recover through digging

e.g. Schliemann excavated Troy
excavate gold

Synonym: unearth

1. 发掘，挖掘（古物等）
When archaeologists or other people excavate a piece of land, they remove earth carefully from it and look for things such as pots, bones, or buildings which are buried there, in order to discover information about the past.

excavate的近义词

e.g. 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。

2. 挖;开凿
To excavate means to dig a hole in the ground, for example in order to build there.

e.g. 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。

1. 发掘：历史:明朝十三个皇帝的陵墓当中的只有定陵(Dingling)以被发掘(excavate). 它是第十个皇帝和他的两个皇后(empress)的陵墓. 1958年首先被发掘,六十年代开始供参观. 简介:定陵由五个殿(chamber)构成,全部为石制结构. 面积为1195平方米.

2. 挖出：一般不需要对整个井眼注入水泥,只要将井口装置(wellhead)挖出(excavate),套管割断,然后焊接(weld)一个封盖(cap)即可. 油井可以生产石油、天然气与石油或天然气. 天然气通常是石油生产的副产品(byproduct). 在井场(well site),

3. excavate

3. 挖掘：exasperate 激怒 | excavate 挖掘 | exceed 超过,胜过

4. 挖出,挖掘：exclude 排外,排斥 | excavate 挖出,挖掘 | exit 出口