excavate
v 挖掘（ex出+cav+ate→从洞中出来→挖出）
释义2：
excavate
/ 5ekskE7veIt /
◙ verb, [with obj.] 1. make (a hole or channel) by digging• 挖掘；开凿（洞，渠） »the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench. 干这事儿花费最少的方法就是挖一条长长的沟。 dig out material from (the ground)• 从（地下）挖出 »the ground was largely excavated by hand. 地面大部分都是手挖的。 extract (material) from the ground by digging• 挖出（材料） »a very large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel. 大量的砾石将被挖掘出来用于修建水渠。2. remove earth carefully and systematically from (an area) in order to find buried remains• 在（一地区）掘墓 reveal or extract (buried remains) in this way• 出土（埋藏的剩余物） »clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site. 从墓里掘出衣物和武器。【语源】
1. late 16th cent.: from Latin excavat- 'hollowed out', from the verb excavare, from ex- 'out' + cavare 'make or become hollow' (from cavus 'hollow')
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