v.挖掘；挖开；发掘（古物）
It took a long time to excavate the ancient city of Troy. 挖掘古老的特洛伊城，花了很长时间。
They plan to excavate a large hole. 他们计划挖个大洞。
The archaeologists excavated a buried city. 考古学家发掘出一个埋在地下的城市。
