excavator; digging machine
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
excavator; mechanical digger
neutralHeavy machinery used in construction and mining for moving large amounts of earth, soil, or minerals.
Gōng工
dì地
shàng上
yǒu有
jǐ几
tái台
jué掘
tǔ土
jī机
zhèng正
zài在
zuò作
yè业
。
Several excavators are operating at the construction site.
Zhè这
tái台
dà大
xíng型
jué掘
tǔ土
jī机
měi每
xiǎo小
shí时
néng能
wā挖
jué掘
shù数
bǎi百
lì立
fāng方
mǐ米
tǔ土
shí石
。
This large excavator can dig hundreds of cubic meters of earth and rock per hour.
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Lù露
tiān天
kuàng矿
de的
kāi开
cǎi采
gāo高
dù度
yī依
lài赖
jué掘
tǔ土
jī机
。
Open-pit mining relies heavily on excavators.