archaeological

archaeological — 形容詞

1. describing work, places, or objects that come from digging in the ground to lear

1.形容詞B2
釋義

考古的

與挖掘古代遺物或研究古代文化有關的

describing work, places, or objects that come from digging in the ground to learn how people lived a long time ago.

例句

The team made an exciting archaeological discovery beneath the old farmhouse in Tainan.

團隊在台南那座老農舍底下有了令人興奮的考古發現。

attributive: archaeological + discovery

Dr. Lin spent three summers leading an archaeological dig near the river in Greece.

林博士花了三個夏天在希臘河邊主持一場考古挖掘。

collocation: archaeological dig

同義詞
  • historical

    broader; covers any past period, not only what is dug from the ground

  • prehistoric

    narrower; only refers to times before written records

  • antiquarian

    more formal; suggests a hobby of collecting old objects rather than scientific study

反義詞
  • modern

    describes things from the present day, not from the buried past

  • contemporary

    refers to the current period or living memory

文法句型

archaeological + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used before a noun (attributive), not after a linking verb. You say 'an archaeological site,' not 'the site is archaeological.'

常見錯誤

❌The pottery is archaeological.
✅The pottery is an archaeological find.
💡the word modifies a noun; it does not work as a stand-alone description after 'be.'
❌archeological' (sometimes acceptable in American English)
✅archaeological
💡keep the 'ae' spelling for international and British contexts.