excavation
英 [eksk?'ve??(?)n]
美 [,?ksk?'ve??n]
英文詞源
- excavation (n.)
- 1610s, "action of excavating," from Latin excavationem (nominative excavatio) "a hollowing out," noun of action from past participle stem of excavare "to hollow out" (see excavate). Meaning "an excavated place" is from 1779.
雙語例句
- 1. Our new habitation was an excavation made in the earth.
- 我們的新居是在地里挖出的一個洞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The bad weather has hung up the work of excavation.
- 天氣不好耽誤了挖掘工作.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The excavation of the buried city took a long time.
- 發(fā)掘埋在地下的城市花了很長時間.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. More discoveries were made as the excavation proceeded.
- 挖掘期間陸續(xù)有所發(fā)現(xiàn).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The dentist filled several cavities in my teeth.
- 牙醫(yī)給我的牙堵了好幾個洞 excavation 指“挖掘的洞”,如:
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》