Definition of cave-in in English:

cave-in

noun

1A collapse of a roof or underground structure.
a mine cave-in
矿井坍塌。
Example sentencesExamples
- The investigators believe that it was bombs destroying the mine, not a natural cave-in.
- At the other end, there was a narrow strip of what looked like dirt, but beyond that, they were dismayed to find that their route was blocked by a roof cave-in.
- A total of 221 miners were underground when the cave-in occurred at about 9.40 pm on Sunday at the state-run Dongfeng coal mine.
- Having passed the final barricade, Trachoma then struck the roof of the tunnel behind him, creating a small cave-in to seal his retreat.
- If this was a cave-in, it was a cave-in with a purpose.
- In 1876, a freak mine cave-in exposed a valuable body of gold, and the Standard Consolidated Mining Company responded with a large investment in equipment and lumber.
- Falls, electrocutions, falling objects, trench cave-ins, equipment mishaps and vehicular accidents combined to kill hundreds of people on the job.
- It contains what I consider the best screen performance by Kirk Douglas - playing a manipulative news reporter, trying to hype the story of a man trapped in a mine cave-in into a new career for himself.
- The statistics on accidents from cave-ins show that we are still too complacent or careless, because it is not a lack of affordable solutions that prevents improvement.
- Every year, gas explosions, cave-ins and mine flooding kill thousands of miners who are driven by deepening poverty to risk their lives in China's notoriously dangerous coal mining industry.
- A series of accidents reported in the press have resulted in the deaths of more than 200 miners through cave-ins, flooded mine shafts and gas explosions.
- I remember hearing the news of a mine cave-in in West Virginia when I was a boy in the mid-1950s.
- My grandfather was killed at the age of 27, crushed beyond recognition in a mine cave-in while grandma was carrying the baby destined to be my father.
- They go deeper and deeper underground, with cave-ins making rescue impossible, completing the classical haunted house structure.
- Newspaper reports talk of mine cave-ins and shaft collapses.
- The cave-in at the Xuzhou Coal Mine Group-operated mine was caused by a sudden in-rush of water.
- In the winter of 1983-84 a major snowslide damaged a number of buildings at the Mountain Monarch portal, and subsequent cave-ins within the haulage tunnels now block access to both mines.
- The government has repeatedly vowed to do more to crack down on safety violations, but explosions, floods, gas leaks, cave-ins and other disasters are reported every week.
- Surface subsidence also causes safety concerns for the public because of roadway cave-ins or structures and buildings tilting or even collapsing.
- Yu added that most cave-ins showed warning signs long before any major subsidence occurred.
Synonyms
giving way, subsidence, crumbling, disintegration
1. 1.1 An instance of yielding or submitting under pressure.
  〈喻〉屈服于压力
  the government's cave-in to industry pressure
  政府对实业界压力的屈服。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Indeed, the cave-in of the Democrats is hardly surprising.
  The Spanish electorate were not voting for a cave-in to terrorists.
  In February the cave-in began with a meeting between the FAI and the government.
  The panel's report amounts to a shameless cave-in to a well orchestrated and politically motivated campaign of harassment and character assassination.
  Overall, the latest document doesn't do anything significant to alter the widespread perception, which is held in some remarkably odd places, that the deal was a cave-in.
  But the most vocal opposition to the plan has come from figures within the Republican Party, who have denounced it as a cave-in to the Democrats because it does not go far enough in padding the pockets of big business.
  Their cave-in regarding the setting up of the Garzweiler II nuclear power station and their acceptance of open-cast mining certainly cost them votes, and not just in this region.
  If so, this could be a pre-emptive cave-in by the Judiciary Committee's chairman.
  As cave-ins go, the package he successfully bulldozed through Caucus was elegant.
  Firms are also expecting a government cave-in on the working time directive, under which the right of employers and employees to negotiate special arrangements would go.
  If on the other hand this is merely the latest instance of a network's craven cave-in, what else is new?
  But time will tell whether the compromise is the functional equivalent of a cave-in.
  This kind of presentation is just a cave-in to the politically correct crowd.
  He is also hoping to wrangle Trade Promotion Authority back out of Congress in exchange for his craven cave-in to special interests.
  The cave-in started in the first over with Scott Richardson's slash at Graeme Welch ending up in Christopher Bassano's hands at gully.
  Labor accuses him of one of the quickest cave-ins in political history but Queensland Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has sprung to the new senator's defence.
  I'm scheduled to be on Fox News this afternoon at around 1: 30 pm to talk about this cave-in to terrorism.
  Opposition to the government's cave-in has come from a broad range of childcare and community service providers, and also from the NSW Commissioner for Children.
  The American Association of Retired Persons is mad at him for his cave-in to the drug manufacturers.
  The president's HIV / AIDS policy is a cave-in to the right wing.

Definition of cave-in in US English:

cave-in

nounˈkeɪvˌɪnˈkāvˌin

1A collapse of a roof or similar structure, typically underground.
（屋顶等）倒塌，坍塌（尤指地陷）
a mine cave-in
矿井坍塌。
Example sentencesExamples
- A total of 221 miners were underground when the cave-in occurred at about 9.40 pm on Sunday at the state-run Dongfeng coal mine.
- If this was a cave-in, it was a cave-in with a purpose.
- The cave-in at the Xuzhou Coal Mine Group-operated mine was caused by a sudden in-rush of water.
- The investigators believe that it was bombs destroying the mine, not a natural cave-in.
- In the winter of 1983-84 a major snowslide damaged a number of buildings at the Mountain Monarch portal, and subsequent cave-ins within the haulage tunnels now block access to both mines.
- Yu added that most cave-ins showed warning signs long before any major subsidence occurred.
- They go deeper and deeper underground, with cave-ins making rescue impossible, completing the classical haunted house structure.
- Newspaper reports talk of mine cave-ins and shaft collapses.
- Falls, electrocutions, falling objects, trench cave-ins, equipment mishaps and vehicular accidents combined to kill hundreds of people on the job.
- The government has repeatedly vowed to do more to crack down on safety violations, but explosions, floods, gas leaks, cave-ins and other disasters are reported every week.
- In 1876, a freak mine cave-in exposed a valuable body of gold, and the Standard Consolidated Mining Company responded with a large investment in equipment and lumber.
- My grandfather was killed at the age of 27, crushed beyond recognition in a mine cave-in while grandma was carrying the baby destined to be my father.
- I remember hearing the news of a mine cave-in in West Virginia when I was a boy in the mid-1950s.
- Every year, gas explosions, cave-ins and mine flooding kill thousands of miners who are driven by deepening poverty to risk their lives in China's notoriously dangerous coal mining industry.
- The statistics on accidents from cave-ins show that we are still too complacent or careless, because it is not a lack of affordable solutions that prevents improvement.
- A series of accidents reported in the press have resulted in the deaths of more than 200 miners through cave-ins, flooded mine shafts and gas explosions.
- Surface subsidence also causes safety concerns for the public because of roadway cave-ins or structures and buildings tilting or even collapsing.
- It contains what I consider the best screen performance by Kirk Douglas - playing a manipulative news reporter, trying to hype the story of a man trapped in a mine cave-in into a new career for himself.
- At the other end, there was a narrow strip of what looked like dirt, but beyond that, they were dismayed to find that their route was blocked by a roof cave-in.
- Having passed the final barricade, Trachoma then struck the roof of the tunnel behind him, creating a small cave-in to seal his retreat.
Synonyms
giving way, subsidence, crumbling, disintegration
1. 1.1in singular An instance of yielding or submitting under pressure.
  〈喻〉屈服于压力
  the government's cave-in to industry pressure
  政府对实业界压力的屈服。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Labor accuses him of one of the quickest cave-ins in political history but Queensland Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has sprung to the new senator's defence.
  As cave-ins go, the package he successfully bulldozed through Caucus was elegant.
  The panel's report amounts to a shameless cave-in to a well orchestrated and politically motivated campaign of harassment and character assassination.
  Indeed, the cave-in of the Democrats is hardly surprising.
  If on the other hand this is merely the latest instance of a network's craven cave-in, what else is new?
  The Spanish electorate were not voting for a cave-in to terrorists.
  The American Association of Retired Persons is mad at him for his cave-in to the drug manufacturers.
  In February the cave-in began with a meeting between the FAI and the government.
  Firms are also expecting a government cave-in on the working time directive, under which the right of employers and employees to negotiate special arrangements would go.
  But the most vocal opposition to the plan has come from figures within the Republican Party, who have denounced it as a cave-in to the Democrats because it does not go far enough in padding the pockets of big business.
  Overall, the latest document doesn't do anything significant to alter the widespread perception, which is held in some remarkably odd places, that the deal was a cave-in.
  Opposition to the government's cave-in has come from a broad range of childcare and community service providers, and also from the NSW Commissioner for Children.
  The president's HIV / AIDS policy is a cave-in to the right wing.
  But time will tell whether the compromise is the functional equivalent of a cave-in.
  If so, this could be a pre-emptive cave-in by the Judiciary Committee's chairman.
  The cave-in started in the first over with Scott Richardson's slash at Graeme Welch ending up in Christopher Bassano's hands at gully.
  This kind of presentation is just a cave-in to the politically correct crowd.
  I'm scheduled to be on Fox News this afternoon at around 1: 30 pm to talk about this cave-in to terrorism.
  He is also hoping to wrangle Trade Promotion Authority back out of Congress in exchange for his craven cave-in to special interests.
  Their cave-in regarding the setting up of the Garzweiler II nuclear power station and their acceptance of open-cast mining certainly cost them votes, and not just in this region.

单词	cave-in
释义	Definition of cave-in in English: cave-in noun 1A collapse of a roof or underground structure. a mine cave-in 矿井坍塌。 Example sentencesExamples The investigators believe that it was bombs destroying the mine, not a natural cave-in. At the other end, there was a narrow strip of what looked like dirt, but beyond that, they were dismayed to find that their route was blocked by a roof cave-in. A total of 221 miners were underground when the cave-in occurred at about 9.40 pm on Sunday at the state-run Dongfeng coal mine. Having passed the final barricade, Trachoma then struck the roof of the tunnel behind him, creating a small cave-in to seal his retreat. If this was a cave-in, it was a cave-in with a purpose. In 1876, a freak mine cave-in exposed a valuable body of gold, and the Standard Consolidated Mining Company responded with a large investment in equipment and lumber. Falls, electrocutions, falling objects, trench cave-ins, equipment mishaps and vehicular accidents combined to kill hundreds of people on the job. It contains what I consider the best screen performance by Kirk Douglas - playing a manipulative news reporter, trying to hype the story of a man trapped in a mine cave-in into a new career for himself. The statistics on accidents from cave-ins show that we are still too complacent or careless, because it is not a lack of affordable solutions that prevents improvement. Every year, gas explosions, cave-ins and mine flooding kill thousands of miners who are driven by deepening poverty to risk their lives in China's notoriously dangerous coal mining industry. A series of accidents reported in the press have resulted in the deaths of more than 200 miners through cave-ins, flooded mine shafts and gas explosions. I remember hearing the news of a mine cave-in in West Virginia when I was a boy in the mid-1950s. My grandfather was killed at the age of 27, crushed beyond recognition in a mine cave-in while grandma was carrying the baby destined to be my father. They go deeper and deeper underground, with cave-ins making rescue impossible, completing the classical haunted house structure. Newspaper reports talk of mine cave-ins and shaft collapses. The cave-in at the Xuzhou Coal Mine Group-operated mine was caused by a sudden in-rush of water. In the winter of 1983-84 a major snowslide damaged a number of buildings at the Mountain Monarch portal, and subsequent cave-ins within the haulage tunnels now block access to both mines. The government has repeatedly vowed to do more to crack down on safety violations, but explosions, floods, gas leaks, cave-ins and other disasters are reported every week. Surface subsidence also causes safety concerns for the public because of roadway cave-ins or structures and buildings tilting or even collapsing. Yu added that most cave-ins showed warning signs long before any major subsidence occurred. Synonyms giving way, subsidence, crumbling, disintegration 1.1 An instance of yielding or submitting under pressure. 〈喻〉屈服于压力 the government's cave-in to industry pressure 政府对实业界压力的屈服。 Example sentencesExamples Indeed, the cave-in of the Democrats is hardly surprising. The Spanish electorate were not voting for a cave-in to terrorists. In February the cave-in began with a meeting between the FAI and the government. The panel's report amounts to a shameless cave-in to a well orchestrated and politically motivated campaign of harassment and character assassination. Overall, the latest document doesn't do anything significant to alter the widespread perception, which is held in some remarkably odd places, that the deal was a cave-in. But the most vocal opposition to the plan has come from figures within the Republican Party, who have denounced it as a cave-in to the Democrats because it does not go far enough in padding the pockets of big business. Their cave-in regarding the setting up of the Garzweiler II nuclear power station and their acceptance of open-cast mining certainly cost them votes, and not just in this region. If so, this could be a pre-emptive cave-in by the Judiciary Committee's chairman. As cave-ins go, the package he successfully bulldozed through Caucus was elegant. Firms are also expecting a government cave-in on the working time directive, under which the right of employers and employees to negotiate special arrangements would go. If on the other hand this is merely the latest instance of a network's craven cave-in, what else is new? But time will tell whether the compromise is the functional equivalent of a cave-in. This kind of presentation is just a cave-in to the politically correct crowd. He is also hoping to wrangle Trade Promotion Authority back out of Congress in exchange for his craven cave-in to special interests. The cave-in started in the first over with Scott Richardson's slash at Graeme Welch ending up in Christopher Bassano's hands at gully. Labor accuses him of one of the quickest cave-ins in political history but Queensland Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has sprung to the new senator's defence. I'm scheduled to be on Fox News this afternoon at around 1: 30 pm to talk about this cave-in to terrorism. Opposition to the government's cave-in has come from a broad range of childcare and community service providers, and also from the NSW Commissioner for Children. The American Association of Retired Persons is mad at him for his cave-in to the drug manufacturers. The president's HIV / AIDS policy is a cave-in to the right wing. Definition of cave-in in US English: cave-in nounˈkeɪvˌɪnˈkāvˌin 1A collapse of a roof or similar structure, typically underground. （屋顶等）倒塌，坍塌（尤指地陷） a mine cave-in 矿井坍塌。 Example sentencesExamples A total of 221 miners were underground when the cave-in occurred at about 9.40 pm on Sunday at the state-run Dongfeng coal mine. If this was a cave-in, it was a cave-in with a purpose. The cave-in at the Xuzhou Coal Mine Group-operated mine was caused by a sudden in-rush of water. The investigators believe that it was bombs destroying the mine, not a natural cave-in. In the winter of 1983-84 a major snowslide damaged a number of buildings at the Mountain Monarch portal, and subsequent cave-ins within the haulage tunnels now block access to both mines. Yu added that most cave-ins showed warning signs long before any major subsidence occurred. They go deeper and deeper underground, with cave-ins making rescue impossible, completing the classical haunted house structure. Newspaper reports talk of mine cave-ins and shaft collapses. Falls, electrocutions, falling objects, trench cave-ins, equipment mishaps and vehicular accidents combined to kill hundreds of people on the job. The government has repeatedly vowed to do more to crack down on safety violations, but explosions, floods, gas leaks, cave-ins and other disasters are reported every week. In 1876, a freak mine cave-in exposed a valuable body of gold, and the Standard Consolidated Mining Company responded with a large investment in equipment and lumber. My grandfather was killed at the age of 27, crushed beyond recognition in a mine cave-in while grandma was carrying the baby destined to be my father. I remember hearing the news of a mine cave-in in West Virginia when I was a boy in the mid-1950s. Every year, gas explosions, cave-ins and mine flooding kill thousands of miners who are driven by deepening poverty to risk their lives in China's notoriously dangerous coal mining industry. The statistics on accidents from cave-ins show that we are still too complacent or careless, because it is not a lack of affordable solutions that prevents improvement. A series of accidents reported in the press have resulted in the deaths of more than 200 miners through cave-ins, flooded mine shafts and gas explosions. Surface subsidence also causes safety concerns for the public because of roadway cave-ins or structures and buildings tilting or even collapsing. It contains what I consider the best screen performance by Kirk Douglas - playing a manipulative news reporter, trying to hype the story of a man trapped in a mine cave-in into a new career for himself. At the other end, there was a narrow strip of what looked like dirt, but beyond that, they were dismayed to find that their route was blocked by a roof cave-in. Having passed the final barricade, Trachoma then struck the roof of the tunnel behind him, creating a small cave-in to seal his retreat. Synonyms giving way, subsidence, crumbling, disintegration 1.1in singular An instance of yielding or submitting under pressure. 〈喻〉屈服于压力 the government's cave-in to industry pressure 政府对实业界压力的屈服。 Example sentencesExamples Labor accuses him of one of the quickest cave-ins in political history but Queensland Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has sprung to the new senator's defence. As cave-ins go, the package he successfully bulldozed through Caucus was elegant. The panel's report amounts to a shameless cave-in to a well orchestrated and politically motivated campaign of harassment and character assassination. Indeed, the cave-in of the Democrats is hardly surprising. If on the other hand this is merely the latest instance of a network's craven cave-in, what else is new? The Spanish electorate were not voting for a cave-in to terrorists. The American Association of Retired Persons is mad at him for his cave-in to the drug manufacturers. In February the cave-in began with a meeting between the FAI and the government. Firms are also expecting a government cave-in on the working time directive, under which the right of employers and employees to negotiate special arrangements would go. But the most vocal opposition to the plan has come from figures within the Republican Party, who have denounced it as a cave-in to the Democrats because it does not go far enough in padding the pockets of big business. Overall, the latest document doesn't do anything significant to alter the widespread perception, which is held in some remarkably odd places, that the deal was a cave-in. Opposition to the government's cave-in has come from a broad range of childcare and community service providers, and also from the NSW Commissioner for Children. The president's HIV / AIDS policy is a cave-in to the right wing. But time will tell whether the compromise is the functional equivalent of a cave-in. If so, this could be a pre-emptive cave-in by the Judiciary Committee's chairman. The cave-in started in the first over with Scott Richardson's slash at Graeme Welch ending up in Christopher Bassano's hands at gully. This kind of presentation is just a cave-in to the politically correct crowd. I'm scheduled to be on Fox News this afternoon at around 1: 30 pm to talk about this cave-in to terrorism. He is also hoping to wrangle Trade Promotion Authority back out of Congress in exchange for his craven cave-in to special interests. Their cave-in regarding the setting up of the Garzweiler II nuclear power station and their acceptance of open-cast mining certainly cost them votes, and not just in this region.
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