excavate
excavate
意味(日本語)
発掘する ◇ex(=out)+L.cavus(=hollow、hole) = 穴から外へ出す
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
意味(英語)
- (verb-transitive) To make a hole in; hollow out: excavate an ore-rich hillside.
- (verb-transitive) To form by hollowing out.
- (verb-transitive) To remove by digging or scooping out.
- (verb-transitive) To expose or uncover by or as if by digging: excavate an archaeological site.
- (verb-intransitive) To engage in digging, hollowing out, or removing.
例文
- Kiesling says that Clifford and his crew, among other things, concealed the true number of test pits dug at the site from the media and investors to make it appear that a large number of spectacular finds came from one small area, thus prompting the flow of investment money to "excavate" more test pits.
語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう
cryptogram
cryptogram
暗号文 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cryptology
cryptology
暗号 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cage
cage
鳥かご ◇L.cavea < cavus
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
camera
camera
カメラ ◇Gk.kamara(=chamber 丸天井)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cagey、cagy
cagey、cagy
用心深い
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
grotto
grotto
小さなほら穴、岩屋、地下の墓 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cave
cave
洞穴
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
grotesque
grotesque
グロテスク、地下の墓のローマ装飾模様 ◇M.crotesque
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
caveman
caveman
穴住人、ぶこつな人
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
caverned
caverned
ほら穴になった
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cavern
cavern
大洞窟
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cavernous
cavernous
落ち込んだ(目など)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cavity
cavity
穴
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
concave
concave
くぼんだ、凹面の、反対語 convex ◇com-(=強意)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cove
cove
小さな入り江、(天井の)折り上げ
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
excavation
excavation
発掘
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
crypt
crypt
教会の地下室、納骨堂 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cryptic
cryptic
なぞの、秘密の ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cryptogam
cryptogam
陰花植物 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)