excavate• The site, needed for a parking lot, was entombed without being excavated.• Archaeologists are excavating a Bronze Age settlement on the outskirts of the village.• The turtleexcavates a hole in the sand and then lays its eggs in it.• The stone-lined privypit was excavated a year ago by an archaeologyfieldclass from City College.• As on land, oceanimpactexplosionsexcavatehuge craters.• The mosaics excavated in 1989 have now been fully restored.• For a time he worked with archaeologists from the University of Californiaexcavatingruinsnear Kayenta, Arizona.• Work is under way to excavate the ancient city.• Workers had already begun excavating the foundations for the house.• A very large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel.• Until recently new pits were continually being excavated while others are being filled with refuse.
Originexcavate
(1500-1600)Latin past participle of excavare, from cavus“hollow”
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤completely, fully完全挖掘;充分挖掘◇The area has not yet been fully excavated.這個地方還沒有被充分挖掘。➤extensively廣泛挖掘▸➤partially, partly部份挖掘▸➤carefully仔細挖掘PREPOSITION➤from從⋯中挖掘◇Pottery has been excavated from the site.這個地方已發掘出陶器。