| 单词 | cavernous |
| 释义 | cavernous (once / 4180 pages) 1adj 2adj If something reminds you of a cave or cavern in size, shape, or feel, you can describe it with the adjective cavernous. Your cavernous basement is huge, damp, and dark, but fortunately there are no bats down there. Cavernous, "cavern," and "cave" all come from the same Latin root word cavus, meaning hollow. Anything that's vast or deep can be described as cavernous, like your favorite professor's cavernous knowledge about the subject of 17th century literature. As a medical or anatomical term, cavernous refers to something that is porous, particularly when it's filled with tiny blood vessels. WORD FAMILYcavernous: cavernously+/cavern: caverned, caverning, cavernous, caverns USAGE EXAMPLESAfter a year at cozy Williams, the empty dorm felt cavernous and overwhelming to the Robinson family. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Buyers of a four-bedroom family home in London need deep pockets - but perhaps not as cavernous as a year ago. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Under threat of demolition for years, this cavernous space will soon house the largest start-up incubator in the world. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 adj being or suggesting a cavern 2vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone Syn hollow not solid; having a space or gap or cavity adj filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood Syn erectile expansive able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion |
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