挖掘的英文：
excavation

To dig a sap.
挖掘坑道

dig with a pick
用镐挖掘

We dig with a spade.
我们用锹挖掘。

A digger of gardens; a digger for information; a digger of bones.
花园的挖掘工;挖掘收集信息的人;盗尸人

To search laboriously by or as if by digging;rummage.
搜寻辛苦地挖掘或如挖掘般地寻找;搜寻

He mobilized wooden boats to dredge up lake-bottom silt
他动员木船挖掘湖底淤泥。

The excavation exposed a staggering number of bronze age artifacts.
这次挖掘使一批数目惊人的青铜时代人工制品重现天日。

Dredging is the most important placer-mining method today.
挖掘法现在是最重要的砂矿开采的方法。

tunnel a hole, shaft, passage, etc
挖掘洞穴、 矿井、 通道等.

Dig trenches for drainage
挖掘排水用的沟渠

A tiny excavation may remain.
会留下一个小洞窟。

The excavation of canals is difficult.
运河的开凿是很困难的事。

In time these new excavations will require conservation.
这些刚发掘出来的物品需要及时保护。

The excavation exposed a staggering number of bronze age artifacts.
这次挖掘使一批数目惊人的青铜时代人工制品重现天日。

They plan to excavate a large hole before putting in the foundations.
他们计划打地基前先挖个大洞。