English Dictionary

excavation

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. / (countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.

日本語の意味

固体の一部を切断、くり抜き、または掘り除くことによって中空にする行為、すなわち掘削・発掘の行為 / 切断、くり抜き、または掘削によって形成された空洞

Excavation at the site revealed the foundation of an ancient temple.

その現場での発掘調査により、古代の寺院の基礎が明らかになった。

意味（1）

(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

意味（2）

(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.

Prof. Dainelli made a personal study of the lakes of the Upper Indus lying between its confluence with the Gilgit on the west and the plains of Kashmir on the east. From this district he cites fifty lakes and groups of lakes. Many of these are moraine-dammed, but some of the larger ones, as the Satpor Tso, the Tso Moriri, the Chiun Tso, and the group of lakes associated with the Pángong Tso, he considers to have originated by glacial excavation.

意味（3）

(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.

意味（4）

(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.

意味（5）

(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.

意味（6）

(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.

意味（7）

(countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.

To date, [Taco's 1982 cover of Irving Berlin's 1935] Cheek To Cheek and similar auditory excavations have fared poorly.

excavations （ plural ）