| 单词 | cave |
| 释义 | caveWord family nouncavercavingcavefishcavemancave Nature cave1 /keɪv/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 DNa large natural hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or under the ground 洞穴，山洞，岩洞；窑洞 → caving the entrance to a cave 洞穴的入口 Examples from the Corpus cave• One day he heard a noise coming from a cave.• She'd feel safer trapped in a cave, with some dark formless danger lurking in the shadows.• It was inside a cave, but bigger than any cave had a right to be.• The largest system is the Lancaster-Easegill complex where there are around 30 miles of cave passages.• We pass rocky beaches, secret inlets, muddy coves, dark hidden sea caves pounded by surf.• He spent many nights sleeping in an open orchard in torrential rain until he located a small cave.• Only a few of us knew about the cave.• He looked inside the cave and saw a lion. cave2 verb 1 cave in phrasal verbphr v a) FALLif the top or sides of something cave in, they fall down or inwards 塌落，坍塌，陷下 on The roof of the tunnel caved in on them. 隧道的顶部坍塌下来压住了他们。 b) ACCEPTto finally stop opposing something, especially because someone has persuaded or threatened you 〔尤指因某人劝说或威胁而〕让步，屈服 to The chairman is expected to cave in to pressure from shareholders. 估计董事长会在股东的压力下作出让步。 Examples from the Corpus cave in• Strike leaders are privately saying they would like an end to the dispute, but don't want to be seen to be caving in.• Wooden beams support the roof, preventing it from caving in on the miners.• The roof has caved in, so the whole building has been declared unsafe.• It's unlikely that the government will cave in to the rebels' demands. cave on• After a few hours, the cage starts to cave in on the divers. cave to• We were afraid that Fifi was caving in to family pressure and regressing into some nice third-world girl.• They accused the government, which is led by Hindu nationalists, of caving in to foreign pressure. Examples from the Corpus cave• Sixty foot drops are not really much to write home about when some one's been caving as long as he has.• Will Grijalva cave in and go with Postil?• In October, on 3 October 1985, I was feeling so depressed I thought the walls were caving in on me.• It is clear that the walls around the governor are caving in.• Newport looked poised to run away with it, but Bridgend refused to cave in. (1200-1300) Old French Latin cava, from cavus “hollow” cave2 (1700-1800) Probably from calve “to cave in” ((18-19 centuries)), perhaps from Flemish inkalven; influenced by → CAVE1 |
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