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

• They excavated an ancient buried city.
  他们发掘出一座埋在地下的古城。
• Three dinosaurs have already been found on the excavated site.
  在发掘地点已发现3只恐龙。
• The site has been excavated by archaeologists.
  这个遗址已被考古学家发掘出来。
• In the agreement to sell under the conditions of the true value of the land has not been excavated.
  在协议出售的条件下，真正的土地价值还没有被发掘。
• They've excavated a hole in the road.
  他们在路上掘了个洞。
• It appears to contain a central passageway and multiple chambers excavated from rock.
  它好像包含有一条中央通道和多个从岩石中凿出的内庭。
• The archaeologists excavated a buried city.
  考古学家发掘出一个埋在地下的城市。
• 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。
• The ruins of ancient Rome were excavated out.
  古罗马的遗迹被发掘出来了。
• 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。