excavations

英 [ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz]

美 [ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz]

n.  (对古物的)发掘; 发掘现场; 挖掘; 开凿; 挖土
excavation的复数

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

• As the excavations progress, experts have confirmed that fires had been lit in some of the pits.
  随着发掘工作的推进，专家们已经确认俑坑中曾经起火。
• Excavations so close to the parliament buildings were regarded as presenting an unacceptable security risk.
  挖掘处离议会大楼这么近，被看成是不可接受的潜在祸端。
• These have always'been believed to have once formed part of Atlantis although it appears that little further excavations or explorations have ever taken place on this site.
  这些总是被认为曾经形成了亚特兰提斯的一部份，虽然似乎曾经在这个地方有更进一步的挖掘或探险。
• Centrifugal model test on extra-deep foundation pit excavations in soft ground
  软土地基超深基坑开挖的离心模型试验研究
• The information refers to slopes in opencast mines, quarries, dam foundation excavations and highway outs.
  这份资料提供了有关露天矿、采石场，坝基和公路堑的边坡资料。
• Further excavations had to wait until the following year.
  进一步的挖掘只得等到来年进行了。
• The architect immediately removed the new foundations and undertook excavations.
  建筑师立即移开新的基石，进行挖掘。
• Evidence of its topography comes from excavations, cuneiform texts, and descriptions by Herodotus.
  楔形文字是否也和甲骨擦身而过，都去参加一场古文明的盛会？
• Wang's excavations produced an excellent sample of the Stegodon – Ailuropoda fauna.
  他的发掘获得了一个极佳的剑齿象&大熊猫动物群样本。
• Using this device, centrifugal model tests are conducted by recording the deformation processes of the slope after excavations.
  利用该设备进行了土坡开挖的离心模型试验，再现并记录了边坡开挖后的变形破坏过程。