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grotto

/grot-oh/US // ˈgrɒt oʊ //UK // (ˈɡrɒtəʊ) //

石窟,岩洞,洞穴,窟窿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural grot·toes, grot·tos.

    • : a cave or cavern.
    • : an artificial cavernlike recess or structure.

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Examples

  • In Argentinian Patagonia, there sits a wide-mouthed grotto known as Cueva Huenul.

  • Hazard’s sculptures are grottoes of torn paper, printed sparely with text and boxed in blond wood.

  • In 2006, I traveled to France to visit the Sainte-Baume Grotto.

  • Remember what you told me that moonlit night when we walked by the sea towards the Grotto of Love.

  • When he opened his eyes he found himself in a grotto whose crystal columns reflected the delicate tints of the rainbow.

  • But I saw rocks and trees around me; clouds; I was in a grotto and beside me was a man, that persecutor!

  • Frederick deposited his gun in a sort of natural grotto formed by a deep opening half concealed by a thick curtain of ivy.

  • Average Jones looked down into the hollow with satisfaction, and moved his full canteens into a grotto.