make (a hole or channel) by digging
挖掘,挖(洞,渠)
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the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench .干这事花费最少的方法就是挖一条长长的沟。
dig out material from (the ground)
把(地面)挖开
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the ground was largely excavated by hand .这场地大部分是用手挖的。
extract (material) from the ground by digging
从地上挖走(材料)
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a very large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel .为形成水渠,大量的砾石将被挖走。
remove earth carefully and systematically from (an area) in order to find buried remains
在(某地区)发掘。
reveal or extract (buried remains) in this way
发掘(埋藏的遗址)
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clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site .从墓地里发掘出了一些衣物和武器。
"late 16th cent.: from Latin