cavern

英 [ˈkævən]

美 [ˈkævərn]

n.  大洞穴; 大山洞

复数：caverns　现在分词：caverning　过去式：caverned　第三人称单数：caverns　过去分词：caverned　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12350 / COCA.11041

牛津词典

noun

• 大洞穴；大山洞
  a cave , especially a large one

柯林斯词典

• 大地穴;大洞穴
  Acavernis a large deep cave.
• N-COUNT 黑洞洞的大厦(或大房间)
  If you describe the inside of a building or a room as acavern, you mean that it is very large and, usually, dark or without much furniture.
  1. The kitchen now is a dark cavern, with an antiquated black stove in a corner.
     厨房现在黑洞洞的，角落里有只破旧的黑色炉子。

英英释义

noun

• a large cave or a large chamber in a cave
• any large dark enclosed space
  1. his eyes were dark caverns

verb

• hollow out as if making a cavern
  Synonym:cavern out

双语例句

• There we found a cavern which was large enough for two rooms.
  我们在那里发现了一个有两间房大的洞窟。
• The kitchen now is a dark cavern, with an antiquated black stove in a corner.
  厨房现在黑洞洞的，角落里有只破旧的黑色炉子。
• If I had hidden him in a cavern she would not have seen him.
  如果我先将他藏在山洞里，月亮就找不到他了。
• Till then, Harding and his companions had only entered the cavern by the long passage.
  直到目前，史密斯和他的伙伴们一直都是通过狭长的甬道进洞的。
• That cavern is still pointed out.
  该溶洞仍然指出。
• I have finally extended my knowledge to a world beyond the narrow cavern of my birth.
  我的见识，已最终超越了我出生的狭小天地，扩展到一个广阔的世界中了。
• The cavern walls echoed his cries.
  大山洞的四壁回响他的喊叫声。
• In the cavern, in a canyon.
  在大峡谷里的山洞中。
• Control effect of rock mass structure on stability of top slab for large underground cavern;
  大量工程实践已证明岩体结构是控制岩体稳定性的重要影响因素。
• Another turn and we found ourselves in a spacious cavern big enough to hold a couple of hundred people.
  又拐了一个弯，我们来到了一个可容几百人的大岩洞。