Cave
[keɪv] or [kev]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea.
(verb.) explore natural caves.
(verb.) hollow out as if making a cave or opening; 'The river was caving the banks'.
安妮特手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
(n.) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
(n.) To make hollow; to scoop out.
(v. i.) To dwell in a cave.
(v. i.) To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter.
哈利整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Cavern, den, grotto.
埃塞雷德編輯
解釋/意思:
n. a hollow place in the earth: a den: any small faction of seceders from a political party.—v.t. to hollow out.—v.i. to lodge in a cave.—n. Cave′-bear (Ursus spel鎢s) a fossil bear of the Quaternary epoch.—n.pl. Cave′-dwell′ers prehistoric men who lived in caves.—n. Cav′ing yielding.—To cave in of land to slip to fall into a hollow: to yield to outside pressure to give way collapse.
校對:马尔科姆
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of seeing a cavern yawning in the weird moonlight before you, many perplexities will assail you, and doubtful advancement because of adversaries. Work and health is threatened. To be in a cave foreshadows change. You will probably be estranged from those who are very dear to you. For a young woman to walk in a cave with her lover or friend, denotes she will fall in love with a villain and will suffer the loss of true friends.
贝丝編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- The men and women in the Cave Colony suddenly found that one bright-eyed young fellow, with a little straighter forehead than the others, was beating them all at hunting. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Standing in the mouth of the cave he took off his jacket and shook it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Anselmo came out of the mouth of the cave with a deep stone basin full of red wine and with his fingers through the handles of three cups. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Fernando hawked and spat proudly onto the floor of the cave, then rubbed it in the dirt with his foot. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- For him Mary Cave was perfect, because somehow, for some reason--no doubt he had a reason--he loved her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- There are two asleep in the cave, the gypsy said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The girl put her head inside the blanket across the cave mouth. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Besides those which are of common observation it is used for lighting the interior of mines, caves, and the dark apartments of ships, and does not foul the air. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Double sorrow--sadness, bred in Cimmerian caves, robed my soul in a mourning garb. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Other rocks, like limestone, are so readily soluble in water that from the small pores and cavities eaten out by the water, there may develop in long centuries, caves and caverns (Fig. 30). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Probably early men did not go deeply into the caves, because they had no means of lighting their recesses. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Who can follow an animal which can traverse the sea of ice, and inhabit caves and dens, where no man would venture to intrude? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- We see the same principle in the character of most of the blind animals inhabiting the caves of America and of Europe. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Showing how caves and holes are formed by the solvent action of water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- In one of these wings the windows were broken and blocked with wooden boards, while the roof was partly caved in, a picture of ruin. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I'm sure one on 'em caved in last week, said Pete, and let 'em all down in de middle of de singin'; dat ar was failin', warnt it? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The whole of everything, and yourself included, is just on the point of caving in, and you are just holding it up with your hands. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
伊莱恩整理