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

　

单词	cavern
释义	Trends of cavern View usage for: cavern (kævəʳn) Word forms: plural caverns 1. countable noun A cavern is a large deep cave. 2. countable noun If you describe the inside of a building or a room as a cavern, you mean that it is very large and, usually, dark or without much furniture. The kitchen now is a dark cavern, with an antiquated black stove in a corner. More Synonyms of cavern cavern in British English (ˈkævən) noun 1. a cave, esp when large and formed by underground water, or a large chamber in a cave verb (transitive) 2. to shut in or as if in a cavern 3. to hollow out Word origin C14: from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus hollow; see cave1 cavern in American English (ˈkævərn) noun 1. a cave, esp. a large cave verb transitive 2. to enclose in or as in a cavern 3. to hollow out often with out Word origin ME & OFr caverne < L caverna < cavus: see cave Examples of 'cavern' in a sentence cavern The excess electricity is used to compress and pump air into underground caverns. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There are huge caverns above and sea caves on either side. Times, Sunday Times (2015) THERE'S no better way of escaping the rain and still getting close to nature than in the incredible underground caverns at the centre. The Sun (2016) The stuffy underground cavern lacked windows, natural light and ventilation. Times, Sunday Times (2010) You're lost and alone in a dark cavern. Christianity Today (2000) As we peer into the dark caverns of this empty metaphor, we try to discern shapes in our future. Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995) The beech woods, especially, can be like dark caverns. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There are bunkers, caverns and tunnels across the capital, all quietly waiting for their time to come again. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Rivers in the Peak District divide into those that are fed from the moors and those whose summer supply comes from great underground limestone caverns. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In other languages cavern British English: cavern NOUN A cavern is a large deep cave. American English: cavern Brazilian Portuguese: caverna Chinese: 巨穴 European Spanish: caverna French: caverne German: Höhle Italian: caverna Japanese: 大洞窟 Korean: 큰 동굴 European Portuguese: caverna Latin American Spanish: caverna (noun) in the sense of cave Definition a large cave an enormous cavern, with caves running in all directions from it Synonyms cave creatures such as bats and moths which shelter in caves hollow where water gathers in a hollow and forms a pond grotto Water trickles through an underground grotto. underground chamber pothole Additional synonyms in the sense of grotto Definition a small picturesque cave Water trickles through an underground grotto. Synonyms cave, tunnel, hollow, cavern, underground chamber in the sense of hollow Definition a cavity or space in something where water gathers in a hollow and forms a pond Synonyms cavity, cup, hole, bowl, depression, pit, cave, den, basin, dent, crater, trough, cavern, excavation, indentation, dimple, concavity Synonyms of 'cavern' cavern Explore 'cavern' in the dictionary
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