to hollow out or form (something) by removing earththe troops quickly shoveled a trench
the troops quickly shoveled a trench
digging, excavating
dredgingburrowing, clawing, grubbingdigging inscooping, spadingdelvingmining, quarrying
filling (in)smoothing (out or over)
英语同义词词典收录了63618条英语词条,基本涵盖了全部常用同义词或反义词的辨析及翻译,是英语学习的有利工具。