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cave1/keiv/ n. & v.●n. 1 a large hollow in the side of a cliff, hill, etc., or underground 山洞，洞穴；地穴 2 Brit. hist. a dissident political group [英史义]脱党小宗派，持不同政见的集团 ●v. intr. explore caves, esp. interconnecting or underground 探察洞穴(尤指探察内连洞穴或地下洞穴) □ cave in 1a (of a wall, earth over a hollow, etc.) subside, collapse (墙壁、洞穴等)下沉，坍塌，塌陷 b cause (a wall, earth, etc.) to do this 使(墙壁、洞穴等)坍塌，塌陷 2 yield or submit under pressure; give up (被迫)屈服，投降；放弃 □ cavelike adj.□ caver n. (业余爱好)探察洞穴者 [Middle English via Old French from Latin cava, from cavus ‘hollow’: cave in probably from E. Anglian dialect calve in, ultimately from Germanic] |