Excavate
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 挖掘; 挖出
- ［英］ v. 挖掘 ( to make a hole or cavity in) ; 挖出 ( to uncover or expose)
- ［类］ 反义词: fill in ( 填充)
- ［记］ ex+cav ( 洞) +ate -> 挖出洞 -> 挖掘
- ［同］ 同根词: cavity ( 洞, 腔)
- ［例］ excavate the ancient city of Troy
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (-vated; -vating)
- Etymology: Latin excavatus, past participle of excavare, from ex- + cavare to make hollow — more at cavatina
- Date: 1599
- transitive verb
- 1. to form a cavity or hole in
- 2. to form by hollowing out
- 3. to dig out and remove
- 4. to expose to view by or as if by digging away a covering <excavate the remains of a temple>
- intransitive verb
- to make excavations
