cave in
在地陷
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- : a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- : a place or site of such a collapse.
- : submission to something or someone previously opposed or resisted: His cave-in to such unreasonable demands shocked us.
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Examples
This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.
But those weapons are of limited utility, especially during close-in fights.
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.
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.