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

• 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。
• Solving the smallest transportation question of excavation and fill actually is a question of earthwork balance adjustment.
  挖方和填方的最小运输问题求解其实是一个土方平衡调配问题。
• Loaders and shovels easily dig common excavation without blasting.
  装载机和挖土机能够不需爆破就进行普通的挖掘。
• Anchored retaining wall can reduce the earth excavation quantity and avoid slope collapse in unfavorable geological conditions effectively.
  锚杆挡土墙可减少土方开挖工程量，有效避免不良地质情况下的边坡塌方。
• 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。
• In the construction, the first supporting and then excavating excavation way should be adopted.
  施工中应采用“先撑后挖”的开挖方式；
• We use drilling hole detection, excavation eye-measurement and geological analysis technique to survey the pipe network.
  本文论述了钻孔探测法、开挖目测法及地质分析法对埋地煤气管网进行全面的普查。
• This paper makes a simple analysis of the preparation work of deep excavation construction and support measures.
  本文简单分析了深基坑开挖的施工准备工作以及支护措施。
• Random wedge failure is one of the common failure types of rock slope excavation.
  随机楔体的破坏是岩石开挖边坡中常见的破坏类型之一。
• 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。