excavation
n. 挖掘, 发掘, 挖掘的洞 [医] 陷凹, 挖除
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The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
不可数 可数Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollowing
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The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
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A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
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An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
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The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
可数 不可数[…] to cart away the excavations from the work, and to recart the same back again so far as required to fill the trench over the sewer […]
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Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
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A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
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Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
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The act of discovering and exposing or developing (a quality).
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From Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”), from excavō (“to hollow out”), from ex + cavō (“to hollow out”), from cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”). Equivalent to excavate + -ion.
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