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excavate

/ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/ 动词 C1

中文: 挖掘、发掘

  1. To make a hole in (something); to hollow. (transitive)
  2. To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. (transitive)
  3. To uncover (something) by digging. (transitive)

He/she/it excavates · 过去式 excavated · 过去分词 excavated · -ing形式 excavating

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动词形式

原形
excavate
He/she/it
excavates
过去式
excavated
过去分词
excavated
-ing形式
excavating

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He has been excavating a barrow at Long Down and has got a prehistoric skull which fills him with great joy.
《The Hound of the Baskervilles》,第97页 · C1
The fresh earth excavated during their present work, and which would have entirely blocked up the old passage, was thrown, by degrees and with the utmost precaution, out of the window in either Faria’s or Dantès’ cell, the rubbish being first pulverized so finely that the night wind carried it far away without permitting the smallest trace to remain.
《The Count of Monte Cristo》,第175页 · C1
To overcome these natural obstacles, the workforce excavated hundreds of miles of complex tunnels through solid granite.
《The Snowy Mountains Scheme》,第1页 · C1

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