n.(名词)

1. 岩洞，山洞，窑洞，洞穴，洞窟，洞，穴
2. 地窖，小室
3. 【英史】分离派
4. 脱党（者）
5. 塌落（处）
6. 警告，警示

v.(动词)

1. （使）屈服，投降，让步，认输，屈从
2. （使）塌落，（使）倒坍，塌陷，倒塌
3. 使内陷，使陷下，（使）凹陷，凹落
4. 在...挖洞穴，在...挖（窑）洞，在...下挖坑道，挖洞，挖空
5. 使崩溃，垮掉
6. 停止抵抗
7. 暗中破坏
8. 勘探

int.(感叹词)

1. 小心！

n.(名词)

1. [C]洞穴 hollow place in the side of a cliff or hill, or underground

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)塌陷; 倒塌 (cause to) fall in; give way to pressure
2. vi. 屈服 give in

Noun:

1. a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

Verb:

1. hollow out as if making a cave or opening;

   "The river was caving the banks"
   

2. explore natural caves

1.山洞;洞穴
Acave is a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground.

cave的解释

e.g. ...acave more than 1,000 feet deep.
1,000多英尺深的山洞

相关词组：cave in

1. 岩洞：动物学场景主要考察的特点为:陌生的场景单词一些动物学的场景单词对考生而言可能较陌生,例如:在5月27日的雅思考试中,考察了非洲鳄鱼(crocodile)的生活情况,谈到了沙漠(desert)和湿地(wetland)中鳄鱼如何生存,还谈到了鳄鱼的栖息地岩洞(cave)和鳄鱼的迁徙途径(

2.cave：cave automatic virtual environment; 自动虚拟环境工作室（一种洞穴式可视化工具）

3. cave是什么意思

3.cave：computer aided visual environment; 计算机辅助视觉环境

the mouth (= the entrance) of the cave

洞口

a cave-dweller (= a person who lives in a cave )

穴居人

The ceiling suddenly caved in on top of them.

天花板突然塌落在他们身上。

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。

...a cave more than 1,000 feet deep.

1,000多英尺深的山洞

There is only a pinpoint of light in the cave.

山洞中只能见到一丝光线.

The cave fell in.

山洞崩塌了.

It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave.

在进入一个很深的岩洞之前,光是装配绳梯和建立供应基地就需要八天之久. (makeadescent下降)

The force of the blast dashed him against the wall of the cave.

狂风的威力把他猛撞在山洞石壁上.

A winding path leads to the cave.

一条曲折的小道通向山洞.

The roof of the cave dropped in on the miners, trapping them.

洞穴的顶部坍了下来, 砸在矿工身上.

A mouse ran out from the dark orifice of the cave.

一只老鼠从黑暗的洞口跑出.

They took refuge in a cave yesterday.

他们昨天是在一个洞里避难的.

The mouth of the cave was so narrow that we had to edge in.

洞口太窄,我们只能侧着身走进去.

We took shelter from the rain in a cave.

我们在一个山洞里避雨.

Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.

一个探测队以这台新的探宝器为装备, 进了山洞,以期找到掩藏的财宝.

The earthquake made the roadbed cave in.

地震后路基沉陷了.

If you go into the cave without waiting for the guide, you do it at your own risk.

如果你不等导游带领而进入山洞, 你就得自担风险.

The cave was inhabited by a hermit.

以前曾有一个隐士居住在这个洞穴里.

The cave was echoing with shouts.

山洞内回荡着叫喊声.

Seen from within, the cave looks larger.

从内部看这山洞显得比较大些.

The weight of the snow caused the roof of the cabin to cave in.

雪的重量使得小屋的屋顶塌陷.

The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.

贼把赃物藏在山洞里.

There is water in the interior of the cave.

在山洞的内部有水.

The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then failed to collect it.

海盗常把金子埋藏在山洞里,而后来又没能取走.

a dark dank cave

阴暗潮湿的洞穴

the dusky light inside the cave

洞中昏暗的光线

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。

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。

1. The pupal cave was very big.
   那蛹洞很大。
2. The children found a cave in the side of the mountain.
   孩子们在山坡上发现了一个岩洞。
3. They picked a cave for their night camp.
   他们选了一个山洞作为过夜的营地。
4. She evaded her pursuers by hiding in a cave .
   她藏到洞里避开了追赶她的人。
5. They buried the treasure in the cave.
   他们把宝物埋在山洞里。
6. He asked me to hide it at the bottom of the cave.
   他要我把它藏在洞穴底部。
7. The force of the blast dashed him against the wall of the cave.
   气浪的力量使他撞到窑洞的墙上。
8. A winding path leads to the cave.
   一条曲折小道通向山洞。
9. They blocked up the entrance to the cave with big rocks.
   他们用大石头堵住了洞口。
10. He said it was called pupal caves.
    他说这称为蛹洞。
11. Many, many years ago man lives in caves.
    很久很久以前，人类住在山洞里。
12. Bears hibernate in caves during the winter.
    冬季熊在洞穴中冬眠。
13. The cave men lived in a period of history antecedent to written records.
    穴居人生活在有文字记载之前的一个历史时期。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. His cellar caved.
   他的地窖塌陷了。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. cave the dog!
   当心狗!

cave in (v.+adv.)

投降; 屈服 fail; yield
cave in

The roof of the tunnel caved in.

隧道的顶部塌陷了。

The roof is dangerous and could cave in at any time.

屋顶很危险,任何时候都可能坍塌。

The mine which caved in during the earthquake was soon repaired and resumed production.

在地震中坍陷的矿井很快修复了,并恢复了生产。

cave sth ⇔ in

Who has caved my hat in?

谁把我的帽子弄塌下去了?

They caved in the roof of the underground passage with powerful explosives.

他们用强大的炸药把地下通道的顶部炸塌陷了。

cave in

Why do you want to appoint this man as manager?The last firm he worked for caved in.

你为什么要任命此人为经理?他所服务的前一个商行倒闭了。

cave in

The children begged their father to take them to the circus until he caved in.

孩子们请求父亲带他们去看马戏,直到他让步为止。

As we set forth facts and reasoned things out the criminal could not but cave in and admit his crime.

由于我们摆事实、讲道理,那个犯罪分子不得不低头认罪。

They refused to cave in to the terrorists' demands.

他们拒绝向恐怖分子的要求屈服。

The opposition caved in before our superior argument.

反对者在我们强有力的辩论之下屈服了。

The challenger caved in during the seventh round.

竞争进入第七轮那位挑战者就一蹶不振了。

动词+～

• cave">explore a cave勘探山洞

形容词+～

• cave">deep cave深深的洞穴

～+名词

• cave%20man">cave man石器时代的穴居人
• cave%20period">cave period穴居时代

～+副词

• cave%20in">cave in坍塌,倒闭,屈服
• cave%20in%20the%20bank">cave in the bank决堤
• cave%20in%20the%20hat">cave in the hat使帽子塌陷
• cave%20in%20the%20roof">cave in the roof使屋顶塌陷

• The earth caved in, so as to leave a vacant space.

  出自：W. Irving

• Men caved all around, but the women were firm.

  出自：L. Steffens

• The front of the building caved in.., seeming to collapse in slow motion.

  出自：D. Bagley

n.(名词)

1. cave可指天然的山洞、崖洞或动物的地下洞穴,也指人工开凿的窑洞或地窖。

v.(动词)

1. cave作为名词的意思是“洞穴”,转化为动词时指“挖洞”,现代英语中主要作“(使)坍塌”解,用于比喻可指抵抗压力直至筋疲力尽,突然瓦解。
2. cave偶尔可用作及物动词,作“当心”解,接名词或代词作宾语。
3. cave作“坍塌; 屈服”解时，主要用作不及物动词,多与副词in连用。

n.(名词)

cave, cavity, hole

这组词都有“洞”“孔”“穴”的意思。其区别在于:hole指任何物体中的开口、穿孔或洞穴; cave指山洞、洞穴或地窖; cavity是科技术语或专门用语,只指坚硬物体上的洞穴,通常表面有开口可见。例如:

The men have dug a hole in the road.那些人在路上挖了一个洞。

The cliff dwellers found that natural caves gave them warmth and protection during the Ice Age.悬岩洞人发现在冰河时代天然的洞穴不仅温暖,还能借以自卫。

The pleural cavity is a body where the lungs are situated.胸膜腔是人体内肺脏所在的地方。

cave, cavern

这两个词都可作“洞穴”解。其区别在于:cave表示天然的或人为的“洞穴,山洞,窑洞”; cavern则指地下的巨穴或大的钟乳石岩洞,尤指巨大而昏暗的深穴。

v.(动词)

cave, cavern

这两个词并非同义词。cave的意思是“挖洞,塌陷”,常用作不及物动词; 而cavern作“将…置入洞中,将…挖掘出来”解,用作及物动词。

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的cava，意为洞穴。