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。
• 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？
• Excavations have revealed Roman and Anglo-Saxon remains in the area.
  挖掘工作已显示在该地区有罗马和盎格鲁-撒克逊时代的遗迹。
• 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。
• Information processing and compilation of report on archaeological excavations should be completed within three years upon completion of the excavation projects of the archaeological excavation units.
  考古发掘单位的发掘项目结束后，要在3年内完成资料整理和考古发掘报告编写一工作。
• Further excavations had to wait until the following year.
  进一步的挖掘只得等到来年进行了。
• In August, excavations at another ancient Thracian tomb in the same region revealed another four-wheel chariot.
  在八月份，在同一地区另一个古代Thracian部落墓的挖掘中找到了另一辆四轮马车。
• Quite the opposite. Excavations of Viking sites have turned up tweezers, razors, combs and ear cleaners made from animal bones and antlers.
  恰恰相反，在对维京人居住地的挖掘过程中，考古学家们发现了由动物骨头和鹿角制作的镊子、刮胡刀、梳子，以及耳勺。
• 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