cave 详细解释
cave
[keiv]
n.洞穴, 山洞
v.挖空,塌落, 屈服
n.[C]
1. 洞穴, 洞窟
Our forefathers once lived in caves.
我们的祖先曾在洞穴居住。
2. 塌落(处)
vt.
1. 在……挖洞穴
2. 使屈服; 使崩溃
3. 使塌落; 使内陷[(+in)]
The top of the car was caved in by the impact.
那个冲击使得车顶塌了。
vi.
1. 塌落, 倒坍[(+in)]
Our cellar caved during the earthquake.
地震时, 我们的地窖塌陷了。
2. 【口】屈服, 投降[(+in)][(+to)]
The school committee finally caved in to the demands of parents and teachers.
在家长和老师的要求下, 学校委员会最后终于屈服了。
词形变化
名词: caver | 动词过去式: caved | 动词过去分词: caved | 动词现在分词: caving | 动词第三人称单数: caves |
词义辨析
同义:
n.洞穴, 洞窟
同义参见:
英英释义
名词 cave:
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
动词 cave:
hollow out as if making a cave or opening
同义词：undermine
explore natural caves
同义词：spelunk
短语词组
cave in
1. 塌落
When did the ceiling cave in ?
天花板什么时候塌落的?
2. 使塌落
The floods caved in that dike.
洪水冲坍了那座堤坝。
3. 认输
The enemy had to cave in and surrender.
敌人只好屈服投降。
补充
cavecave英:[keiv] 美:[kev]n.1.洞穴vt. & vi.1.(使)塌陷; 倒塌vi.1.屈服His cellar caved.他的地窖塌陷了。例句
1. to cave the banks挖空堤岸 2. Their vegetable cellar caved suddenly yesterday.他们的菜窖昨天突然倒塌。 3. The roof of the old house will cave in any time.这所老房子的屋顶随时会塌下来。 4. They begged their teacher to take them to the park until she caved in.他们央求老师带他们去公园，直到她答应才罢休。 5. the ceiling caved in.天花板塌了。 6. Len's club would have caved his skull in.伦的棍子就已经把他脑袋打陷下去了。 7. the manager caved in to his demands.经理屈从了他的要求。 8. When it started to rain, we ran to shelter in a cave.雨下起来的时候，我们都跑进山洞里避雨。 9. The roof of the tunnel had caved in and we could go no further.隧道顶部已塌陷，我们无法再前进。 10. He finally caved in and agreed to the plan.他终于软化，同意了这个计划。 11. We need to keep the walls from caving in. [=collapsing]我们要防止墙壁坍塌。 12. The roof caved in on them.屋顶坍塌压住了他们。 13. The weight of the snow caved in the roof.积雪把屋顶压塌了。 14. We kept asking her to come and she finally caved in.我们一再邀请她来，她最终同意了。 15. He caved in to the pressure to resign.他迫于压力提出辞职。 16. We kept asking her to come and she finally caved.我们一再邀请她来，她最终同意了。