Cavern



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.大洞穴
• ［英］ n.大洞穴 ( a large cave)
• ［类］ cavern : spelunker / ocean : diver ( 洞穴探险者喜欢进入洞穴 / 潜水者喜欢进入海洋) ditch : canyon / burrow : cavern ( 程度: 小水渠对大峡谷 / 小洞对大洞穴)
• ［记］ 来自cave ( 洞)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English caverne, from Middle French, from Latin caverna, from cavus
• Date: 14th century
• cave; especially one of large or indefinite extent

II. transitive verb

• Date: circa 1630
• 1. to place in or as if in a cavern
• 2. to form a cavern of ; hollow — used with out

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