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

• Ten tombs were excavated, seven of which turned out to be large brick structures.
  已经有10个坟墓被挖掘出土，其中7个是大型的砖石结构。
• They've excavated a hole in the road.
  他们在路上掘了个洞。
• 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。
• They excavated an ancient buried city.
  他们发掘出一座埋在地下的古城。
• The ruins of ancient Rome were excavated out.
  古罗马的遗迹被发掘出来了。
• Most of the bones are still embedded in the rock, and must be painstakingly excavated.
  大多数骨头仍嵌入在岩石里，把它们挖出来真是煞费苦心。
• The variation of structural characteristics for excavated tunnels was studied.
  研究了黄土隧道开挖后围岩结构性的变化规律。
• 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。
• During the period of meteorite hitting the terrane, the phase that meteorite strike excavated the terrane also started.
  在陨石向岩层的撞击仍在持续的时候陨击过程开掘岩层的阶段也开始了。
• 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。