Recent Examples on the WebThe site of Solomon’s coronation ceremony, the Spring Citadel, is an enormous 3,800-year-old Canaanite fortress revealed in 2014, after 15 years of excavation. Marion Fischel, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 This old handyman’s adage also applies to the modern world of the excavation business. Yec, Forbes, 1 July 2022 Nine transformers under both Vestas and Siemens turbines and one in a substation spilled some 3,400 gallons of mineral oil — 90% of it to the ground around the turbines, prompting excavation and soil replacement.The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 27 Aug. 2022 The excavation was conducted in collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Authority for the Development and Settlement of the Bedouin. Dana Givens, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2022 Archaeologists, who began excavation in 1981, have found artifacts dating back to 2000-3000 B.C., including polished stone celts (similar to an ax or hoe) and other tools made from stone and bone. Meher Qadri, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2022 Blasting and heavy excavation can occur only during daylight hours, and Granite must take precautions to minimize and monitor seismic disturbances. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 Description is not prescription; excavation is not the same thing as discovery.Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 The data from the excavation and monitoring is added to three-dimensional computer models, which are in turn used to predict what excavators expect to find next. Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin excavātiōn-, excavātiō, from excavāre "to hollow out, excavate" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action
ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXCAVATION | EXCAVATION + VERBADJECTIVE➤archaeological考古發掘➤recent最近的挖掘◇recent excavations of underground burial chambers最近對地下墓室的挖掘➤extensive大範圍的挖掘VERB + EXCAVATION➤carry out, conduct, do進行挖掘◇Further excavations at the site are now being carried out.對此處更進一步的發掘正在進行中。EXCAVATION + VERB➤reveal sth, uncover sth, unearth sth挖掘發現⋯;發掘出⋯◇Excavations of the site have revealed an Iron Age settlement.在這個地方發掘出了一個鐵器時代的村落遺址。➤take place發掘發生◇The excavations took place between 1925 and 1939.發掘是在 1925 年到 1939 年間進行的。