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单词 cavern
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cav•ern /ˈkævɚn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Geologya cave, esp. one that is large and mostly underground.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cav•ern  (kav′ərn),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a cave, esp. one that is large and mostly underground.
  2. Pathologya cavity that is produced by disease, esp. one produced in the lungs by tuberculosis.

v.t. 
  1. to enclose in or as if in a cavern.
  2. to hollow out to form a cavern.
  • Latin caverna, equivalent. to cav(us) hollow + -erna, as in cisterna cistern
  • Middle English caverne 1325–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cavern /ˈkævən/ n
  1. a cave, esp when large and formed by underground water, or a large chamber in a cave
 vb (transitive)
  1. to shut in or as if in a cavern
  2. to hollow out
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus hollow; see cave1
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