excavation
英 [ekskə'veɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,ɛkskə'veʃən]
- n. 挖掘，发掘
英英释意
- 1. the act of digging;
- "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
- 2. the site of an archeological exploration;
- "they set up camp next to the dig"
- 3. a hole in the ground made by excavating
- 4. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth