| 单词 | cave-in |
| 释义 | cave-in[ keyv-in ] / ˈkeɪvˌɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cave-in ON THESAURUS.COM nouna collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining. a place or site of such a collapse. submission to something or someone previously opposed or resisted: His cave-in to such unreasonable demands shocked us. Origin of cave-inFirst recorded in 1700–10; noun use of verb phrase cave in Words nearby cave-incave bear, cave canem, cave cricket, cave dweller, cavefish, cave-in, cavel, Cavell, cave man, cavendish, Cavendish experiment Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cave-inBritish Dictionary definitions for cave-incave in verb (intr, adverb)to collapse; subside informal to yield completely, esp under pressure noun cave-inthe sudden collapse of a roof, piece of ground, etc, into a hollow beneath it; subsidence the site of such a collapse, as at a mine or tunnel informal an instance of yielding completely, esp under pressure Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with cave-incave in Fall in, collapse, as in The earthquake made the walls cave in. [Early 1700s] Give in, admit defeat, as in The prosecutor's questions soon made the witness cave in. [Early 1800s] Collapse, faint, or die from exhaustion, as in After a twenty-mile hike I caved in. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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