earthmoving

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The removal of large quantities of soil, e.g. from a construction site. uncountable
    — Work was started in January, 1958 and involved considerable earth-moving, as a cutting about 25ft deep was needed to give rail access to a newly acquired site to the north of the station.
形容词 adj.
  1. Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes. not-comparable
  2. Of great significance. comparable,figuratively

词形变化

more earthmoving comparative most earthmoving superlative earth-moving alternative earth-moving alternative

词汇关系

相关词
move heaven and earth

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der.
Proto-Germanic *erþō
Proto-West Germanic *erþu
Old English eorþe
Middle English erthe
English earth
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin movēre
Old Northern French moverbor.
Middle English moven
English moving
English earthmoving
From earth + moving.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der.
Proto-Germanic *erþō
Proto-West Germanic *erþu
Old English eorþe
Middle English erthe
English earth
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin movēre
Old Northern French moverbor.
Middle English moven
English moving
English earthmoving
From earth + moving.
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