n.挖掘；挖取

動詞excavate的現(xiàn)在分詞形式.

Those workers were employed in excavating the foundations of the building. 那些工人忙于挖掘建筑物的基礎(chǔ)。

After excavating some ceramic pieces from the site - now farmland - they confirmed a Roman villa once stood there. 這個地方現(xiàn)在是一處農(nóng)田，專家們在挖掘到里頭一些陶器的殘骸后確認(rèn)，這里過去確實存在著一個羅馬村莊。