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　

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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

• Dewatering in deep excavation will cause settlement of surrounding soils.
  深基坑开挖中的降水会引起周围土体沉降。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• According to the depth of the circumstances of the excavation, The bored piles and soil anchor-bar are adopted.
  根据周边环境的情况和开挖的深度，采用了钻孔灌注桩和土钉锚杆相结合的支护形式。
• 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。
• 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。
• On this basis, discuss the failure modes of the slope and the impact of excavation soil.
  在此基础上，讨论了边坡的破坏模式及土体由于开挖作用的影响。