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cave

/keyv/US // keɪv //UK // (keɪv) //

山洞,洞穴,洞窟,洞口

Related Words

cavern洞穴,岩洞,山洞,洞穴里grotto石窟,岩洞,洞穴,窟窿cavity空腔,空洞,穴位,腔体pothole坑洞,大坑,坑洼不平的地方,坑坑洼洼den穴位,窝点,巢穴,书店hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的rock shelter岩石庇护所,岩石避难所,避难所,岩石防护罩subterrane潜江,潜江市,潜龙,地下通道

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
    • : a storage cellar, especially for wine.
    • : English History. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a political party on some special question.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    caved, cav·ing.

    • : to hollow out.
    • : Mining. to cause to fall into a stope, sublevel, or the like.to cause to collapse beneath overlying material.to fill with caved-in material: sub-level caving.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    caved, cav·ing.

    • : to cave in.
  1. 1
    • : cave in, to fall in; collapse.to cause to fall in or collapse.Informal.to yield; submit; surrender: The opposition caved in before our superior arguments.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounhole in land formation
Synonyms
cavern洞穴,岩洞,山洞,洞穴里grotto石窟,岩洞,洞穴,窟窿cavity空腔,空洞,穴位,腔体den穴位,窝点,巢穴,书店hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的pothole坑洞,大坑,坑洼不平的地方,坑坑洼洼rock shelter岩石庇护所,岩石避难所,避难所,岩石防护罩subterrane潜江,潜江市,潜龙,地下通道subterranean area地下区域,地下区,地下空间,地下面积

Examples

  • The team at Mount Rainier was supposed to look for these snow caves at the end of the spring, after the animals have left but before the snow all melts.

  • Other broken-off cave growths had been wielded as digging tools.

  • The newly found items include stone tools and pendants made from cave bear teeth.

  • His team spends up to 12 hours each time it ventures into these deep caves.

  • In response, the angry Amaterasu retreated into a dark cave, thus snatching away her divine light from the world, while the ever-boisterous Susanoo went away from heaven.

  • Cast Angelina Jolie in that role with Brad Pitt as the cave hubbie, and maybe we have a blockbuster in the making.

  • The existence of the images—which resemble the styles and themes found in European cave art—has been known for some time.

  • It surpasses the paintings of horses and rhinoceros from the Chauvet Cave in France by 400 years.

  • Scientists have long thought that the oldest cave art was in Europe.

  • It was dark, dank, the walls charcoal-colored, the feeling of a cave.

  • More soldiers crowded into the cave and Professor-Commander Krafft came in behind them.

  • No young Cave Swallows were taken and gonads of adults were in various stages of reproductive activity.

  • Profiting by this, Benjy quietly moved away round a colossal buttress of the berg, and took refuge in an ice-cave.

  • It was a dangerous journey into this wonderful cave, but sometime Alila must go there, his father said.

  • If there be any whose appearance denotes a more than common birth, treat him with due respect, and conduct him to my cave.

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