archeologists

IPA/ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.dʒɪst/
IPA/ˌɑːr.kiˈɑː.lə.dʒɪst/

archeologists — noun

1. people whose job is to find and study items from ancient times, such as tools, p

1.名詞B1
釋義

people whose job is to find and study items from ancient times, such as tools, pottery, buildings, and bones, so that we can understand how humans lived many centuries ago

例句

The archeologists carefully removed soil around clay pots from a Bronze Age settlement.

verb + preposition: remove soil around + object

A team of Korean archeologists found an ancient burial site near the Han River.

team of archeologists + verb: found/discovered

同義詞
  • excavators

    focuses on the digging aspect of the job; less formal and more specific to fieldwork

  • prehistorians

    refers to archeologists who specialize in periods before written records existed

  • antiquarians

    an older term for someone who collects or studies old objects, now less common in professional contexts

用法筆記

This is the American and increasingly common international spelling; the traditional British spelling is 'archaeologists'. The singular form is 'archeologist' (or 'archaeologist').

常見錯誤

❌The archeologists looked at old books in the library.
✅The archeologists dug trenches at the excavation site to find ancient objects.
💡An archeologist's main work involves physical remains, not written records (which are studied by historians).
❌Archeologists study dinosaurs and fossils of ancient animals.
✅Archeologists study human-made objects and human remains from the past.
💡Dinosaurs and prehistoric animals are studied by paleontologists, not archeologists.