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 excavation of the buried city took a long time.
  发掘埋在地下的城市花了很长时间。
• The engineering piles are taken as typical passive piles during the process of soft foundation pit excavation.
  软土地基基坑开挖过程中，工程桩具有典型的被动桩受力特性。
• Stability monitoring and analysis of deep foundation pit in excavation
  深基坑开挖过程中的稳定性监测分析
• 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。
• 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。
• Excavation of foundation pit induces different settlements for the buildings on the two sides.
  基坑开挖导致两侧建（构）筑物产生不同的沉降。
• 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。
• We should pay attention to the excavation, publishing and research of books recording local villages and towns.
  应该重视村镇志的发掘、整理、出版和研究。
• The rock damage induced by blasting excavation is an important influence factor to rock stability.
  爆破开挖导致的围岩损伤是围岩稳定性的重要影响因素。