| 单词 | excavate |
| 释义 | excavate /eks"keuh vayt'/, v.t., excavated, excavating. 1. to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging: The ground was excavated for a foundation. 2. to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material. 3. to dig or scoop out (earth, sand, etc.). 4. to expose or lay bare by or as if by digging; unearth: to excavate an ancient city. [1590-1600; < L excavatus (ptp. of excavare to hollow out), equiv. to ex- EX-1 + cav(um) hollow, CAVE + -atus -ATE1] |
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