英语词汇“to cave in”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to cave in: to fall in over a hollow, as the earth on the side of a pit or cutting; to fall in in a concave form, as when the front of a vertical section of earth or soil becomes concave in falling forward, from the greater weight or momentum of the higher part. Chiefly colloquial.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse > inwards

to sink in1530

to fall in1611

to cave in1707

to run in1747

cave1848

1707 S. Sewall Diary (1879) II. 186 Grave was caved in.

a1734 J. Comer in Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll. (1893) 8 57 This day a man..digging a well, after he had dug 20 feet deep, it cav'd in upon him.

1764 Boston Evening Post 30 Jan. The People found the Well caved in.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 398 The cellars are walled with brick..to prevent the loose sand from caving in.

1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. vii. 65 As some labourers were digging to make an adjoining vault, the earth caved in, so as to leave a vacant space almost like an arch.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms To cave in, said of the earth which falls down when digging into a bank.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 312 The roof caved in bodily.

1883 Manch. Guard. 18 Oct. 4/7 Two brothers..were at work..dismantling an old pit shaft, when a portion of the sides caved in and one of the men was partially buried.

单词	to cave in
释义	> as lemmas to cave in a. to cave in: to fall in over a hollow, as the earth on the side of a pit or cutting; to fall in in a concave form, as when the front of a vertical section of earth or soil becomes concave in falling forward, from the greater weight or momentum of the higher part. Chiefly colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse > inwards to sink in1530 to fall in1611 to cave in1707 to run in1747 cave1848 1707 S. Sewall Diary (1879) II. 186 Grave was caved in. a1734 J. Comer in Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll. (1893) 8 57 This day a man..digging a well, after he had dug 20 feet deep, it cav'd in upon him. 1764 Boston Evening Post 30 Jan. The People found the Well caved in. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 398 The cellars are walled with brick..to prevent the loose sand from caving in. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. vii. 65 As some labourers were digging to make an adjoining vault, the earth caved in, so as to leave a vacant space almost like an arch. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms To cave in, said of the earth which falls down when digging into a bank. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 312 The roof caved in bodily. 1883 Manch. Guard. 18 Oct. 4/7 Two brothers..were at work..dismantling an old pit shaft, when a portion of the sides caved in and one of the men was partially buried. extracted from cavev.³ < as lemmas
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