cave
- n.洞穴;山洞
- v.（使）塌陷;屈服;倒塌;洞穴潜水
- int.小心
复数： caves 过去式： caved 现在分词： caving 过去分词： caved 第三人称单数： caves
cav 洞,空 + -e
cavenoun
山洞；洞穴
a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground
the mouth (= the entrance) of the cave
洞口
a cave-dweller (= a person who lives in a cave )
穴居人
verb
塌落；塌陷；坍塌
to fall down and towards the centre
The ceiling suddenly caved in on top of them.
天花板突然塌落在他们身上。
让步；屈服；屈从
to finally do what sb wants after you have been strongly opposing them
The President is unlikely to cave in to demands for a public inquiry.
总统未必会屈服而同意进行公开调查。
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Another flash of lightning lit up the cave .
又一道闪电照亮了山洞。
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The entrance to the cave was infilled by the landowner
山洞的入口被地产的主人给堵上了。
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He had always wanted to go caving .
他过去一直想探索洞穴。
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The guide flashed a light into the cave .
导游用手电筒照射洞穴。
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The ceiling suddenly caved in on top of them .
天花板突然塌落在他们身上。
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Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls .
洞穴壁上装饰着鹿和猎人的画像。
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The district is pock-marked with caves .
这个地区布满了坑洞。
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The force of the water washed him back into the cave .
大水把他冲回到洞里。
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Ancient scrolls were found in caves by the Dead Sea .
死海旁边的山洞里发现了古代的卷轴。
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The large limestone caves are also quarried for cement .
同时还在这些大石灰岩洞里开采水泥原料。
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Both boats purred out of the cave mouth and into open water
两艘船隆隆地从洞口开出，进入了开阔的水域。
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Heedless of time or any other consideration , they began to search the underwater cave
他们顾不上考虑时间或任何其他因素就开始寻找水下洞穴。
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Most of the mouth of the cave was submerged in the lake .
洞口大半都淹没在湖里。
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They tried digging in a patch just below the cave
他们试着在洞穴正下方的一块地上挖掘。
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But in some respects cave dwellers were far cleverer than us .
但是在某些方面穴居人要比我们聪明得多。
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The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement
这些洞穴只接受预约参观。
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Part of the roof has caved in
屋顶有一部分塌了下来。
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I had a nervous breakdown , everything just seemed to cave in on top of me .
我曾经有过一次精神崩溃，好像天塌了一样。
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He 's caved in on capital punishment .
在是否应保留死刑的问题上，他已经让步了。
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The story of their exploration is inextricably bound up with the character of the caves themselves
他们的勘探经历与这些洞穴本身的特征有着不可分割的紧密联系。
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The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure
首相迫于后座议员们的压力让步了。
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The cave roof collapsed .
洞顶坍塌了。
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The limestone is sufficiently fissured for tree roots to have breached the roof of the cave
石灰岩上有许多缝隙，故而树根能从岩洞顶部长出来。
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After a ruinous strike , the union caved in
一场破坏性的罢工之后，工会突然服软了。
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The wall caved in to reveal a blocked-up Victorian fireplace
墙坍塌了，露出砌在里面的维多利亚时代的壁炉。
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King Arthur hid his treasures here and Merlin enchanted the cave so that nobody should ever find them .
亚瑟王将他的财宝藏在这里，墨林对洞穴施了魔法，这样永远不会有人找到那些财宝。
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The entry to the cave was hidden by trees .
洞穴的入口被树丛遮掩着。
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The entry of the cave was hidden by trees .
洞穴的入口被树丛遮掩。
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He found a black cave .
他发现了一个黑漆漆的山洞。
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Primitive people usually lived in caves .
原始人通常住在山洞里。
普通用词，泛指固体物中的空间或某物可穿过的空间。
There was a small hole in the road.
路上有个小坑。
The explosion tore a hole in the wall.
墙被炸出一个洞。
A mole dug a hole near the wall.
鼹鼠在墙边打了一个洞。
指较大的天然洞窟，如山洞、岩洞等，也可指人造的窑洞。
The cliffs are riddled with caves.
岩壁上布满洞穴。
The entry of the cave was hidden by trees.
洞穴的入口被树丛遮掩。
比 hole 正式，指实体内或表面的空洞或空腔。
That is actually a cavity in the earth.
那其实是一个地下洞穴。
There is a cavity in one of my teeth.
我的一颗牙齿上有个蛀洞。
The heart is located roughly in the center of the chest cavity.
心脏大致位于胸腔的中央。
指较小的、吸引人的洞穴、岩穴、石窟等，可以是天然的，也可以是人工开凿的。
The grotto is not accessible at present.
该石窟目前不可进入。
He found a beautiful grotto, whose entrance was hidden by vines.
他发现了一个漂亮的洞穴，入口被藤蔓遮掩着。
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