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单词 caved
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cave /keɪv/USA pronunciation   n., v., caved, cav•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Geology, Geographya hollow place in the earth, esp. one into a hill, mountain, etc., or underground.

v. 
  1. cave in,
    • to (cause to) fall in;
      to (cause to) collapse: [no object]The roof is caving in.[+ in + object]Someone caved in his skull with a rock.[ + obj + in]:to cave it in with a rock.
    • Informal Terms[no object] to yield;
      surrender;
      give in:At last I caved in and bought a new car.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cave  (kāv),USA pronunciation n., v., caved, cav•ing. 
n. 
  1. Geology, Geographya hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
  2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine.
  3. Government[Eng. Hist.]a secession, or a group of seceders, from a political party on some special question.

v.t. 
  1. to hollow out.
  2. Mining
    • to cause (overlying material) to fall into a stope, sublevel, or the like.
    • to cause (supports, as stulls or sets) to collapse beneath overlying material.
    • to fill (a stope or the like) with caved-in material:sub-level caving.

v.i. 
  1. to cave in.
  2. cave in:
    • to fall in;
      collapse.
    • to cause to fall in or collapse.
    • Informal Termsto yield;
      submit;
      surrender:The opposition caved in before our superior arguments.
  • Late Latin cava (feminine singular), Latin cava, neuter plural of cavum hole, noun, nominal use of neuter of cavus hollow
  • Old French
  • Middle English 1175–1225
cavelike′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cave /keɪv/ n
  1. an underground hollow with access from the ground surface or from the sea, often found in limestone areas and on rocky coastlines
  2. Brit a secession or a group seceding from a political party on some issue
vb
  1. (transitive) to hollow out

See also cavingEtymology: 13th Century: from Old French, from Latin cava, plural of cavum cavity, from cavus hollow
cave /ˈkeɪvɪ/ Brit school slang n
  1. guard or lookout (esp in the phrase keep cave)
sentence substitute
  1. watch out!
Etymology: from Latin cavē! beware!
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