excavation

英 [ˌekskəˈveɪʃn]

美 [ˌekskəˈveɪʃn]

n.  (对古物的)发掘; 发掘现场; 挖掘; 开凿; 挖土

复数：excavations　

TOEFLIELTS医学

BNC.6252 / COCA.8898

牛津词典

noun

• （对古物的）发掘，挖掘
  the activity of digging in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time
• 发掘现场
  a place where people are digging to look for old buildings or objects
  1. The excavations are open to the public.
     发掘现场对公众开放。
• 挖掘；开凿；挖土
  the act of digging, especially with a machine

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发掘，挖掘（古物等）
  When archaeologists or other peopleexcavatea 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.
  1. 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。
• VERB 挖;开凿
  Toexcavatemeans to dig a hole in the ground, for example in order to build there.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
  Synonym:mining
• the act of digging
  1. there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton
  Synonym:diggingdig
• a hole in the ground made by excavating
• the site of an archeological exploration
  1. they set up camp next to the dig
  Synonym:digarcheological site

双语例句

• The Indus civilization was brought to light in excavation by Sir John Marshall in the1920s.
  印度河文化是约翰·马歇尔爵士20世纪20年代进行的发掘中发现的。
• The testing study results are valuable for preventing water curtain of deep excavation and consolidating soft clay.
  该试验的研究结果对于饱和粘土的加固和深基坑止水帷幕的设置有指导意义。
• This article gives adescription about the excavation, collation and research of them.
  文章叙述了这些丝织品的出土、整理和研究情况。
• A excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted.
  在地面挖掘的可以提取矿石和矿物的洞。
• For deep excavation using the top-down method, the soil heave may produce significant effect on the underground structure.
  采用逆作法时，深基坑开挖引起的坑底隆起对于地下工程结构会产生显著影响。
• At the same time, the effect of foundation excavation on the stability of embankment and slope of the foundation is studied.
  同时，研究了基础开挖对围堰和基础边坡稳定性的影响。
• Based on the characteristics of excavation engineering's earth pressure, suggestions are given to deal with it.
  就基坑工程土压力分布的特点，对其处理方法提出了建议。
• Application of Blasting Excavation Technology of Deep Foundation Ditch in Subway Project
  深基坑爆破开挖技术在地铁工程中的应用
• Application Research on Medium-length Hole Blasting in Hard Rock Drift Excavation
  中深孔爆破在硬岩施工中的应用研究
• Textbook provides language learner with language material and learning method, and its intrinsic value needs teacher's excavation.
  教材为语言学习者提供语言素材和方法，教材的内在价值需要教师挖掘和体现。