excavated

英 [ˈekskəveɪtɪd]

美 [ˈekskəveɪtɪd]

v.  发掘，挖出(古建筑或古物); 挖掘，开凿，挖空(洞、隧道等)
excavate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：excavated　过去式：excavated　

BNC.26725 / COCA.25151

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。

双语例句

• The site has been excavated by archaeologists.
  这个遗址已被考古学家发掘出来。
• These tiny debris-flow deposits formed on freshly excavated embankments of the California Aqueduct.
  这些细小的泥石流沉积是在新开凿的加利福尼亚渠的大堤上形成的。
• The ruins of ancient Rome were excavated out.
  古罗马的遗迹被发掘出来了。
• They excavated a lot of valuable ancient relics. The excavation exposed some ancient ruins.
  他们挖掘出许多珍贵的古物。这次挖掘暴露出一些古遗迹。
• Three dinosaurs have already been found on the excavated site.
  在发掘地点已发现3只恐龙。
• The workmen excavated a hole in the wall to let the sewage pipe pass through.
  工人们在墙上掘了个洞让污水管通过。
• He excavated at many sites in Kenya and tanzania.
  他曾在肯尼亚与坦桑尼亚的多处遗址进行过挖掘。
• All told, an area about the size of a tennis court was excavated.
  挖掘工作在总共有一个网球场面积大小的区域里进行。
• Its positive and negative pilot shafts were excavated at the same time.
  斜井正反导井同时开挖，贯通后一次扩挖成型。
• The archaeologists excavated a buried city.
  考古学家发掘出一个埋在地下的城市。