excavation

字辨

hole: 为表示凹处或洞的最普通的字

a hole in the ground

hollow: 指固体内的空间,不论其是否穿透物体表面

a hollow in a tall tree

cavity: 与hollow意义相当,但前者为专门性的字

the cavity in a tooth

cave,

【文】

cavern: 指天然或人工的洞穴

cave dwellers

excavation: 指为了特别的目的而挖掘,以除去异物所作成的大穴

词路径

• entity
• abstraction
• abstract entity
• psychological feature
• event
• act
• deed
• human action
• human activity
• activity
• creation
• creative activity
• creating by removal
• excavation
• digging
• dig

上位词

• artefact
• artifact
• creating by removal
• land site
• production
• site

下位词

• bore
• bore-hole
• cellar
• delf
• diggings
• digs
• ditch
• drill hole
• mine
• mineshaft
• opencast mining
• pit
• placer mining
• pool
• quarry
• root cellar
• stone pit
• strip mining
• well
• working
• workings