v.挖掘；挖開；發(fā)掘（古物）

It took a long time to excavate the ancient city of Troy. 挖掘古老的特洛伊城，花了很長時間。

I let him excavate around the mine. 我準許他在金礦周圍挖掘。

They plan to excavate a large hole. 他們計劃挖個大洞。

The archaeologists excavated a buried city. 考古學家發(fā)掘出一個埋在地下的城市。