cave 音标拼音: [k'ev]
n . 洞,穴
vi . 凹陷,凹落,投降
vt . 挖洞,使凹陷,暗中破坏
洞,穴凹陷,凹落,投降挖洞,使凹陷,暗中破坏
cave n 1 :
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1 :
hollow out as if making a cave or opening ; "
The river was caving the banks " [
synonym : {
cave }, {
undermine }]
2 :
explore natural caves [
synonym : {
cave }, {
spelunk }]
Cave \
Cave \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Caved };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Caving }.] [
Cf .
F .
caver .
See {
Cave },
n .]
To make hollow ;
to scoop out . [
Obs .]
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The mouldred earth cav '
d the banke . --
Spenser .
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Cave \
Cave \,
v .
i .
1 .
To dwell in a cave . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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2 . [
See To cave in ,
below .]
To fall in or down ;
as ,
the sand bank caved .
Hence (
Slang ),
to retreat from a position ;
to give way ;
to yield in a disputed matter .
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{
To cave in }. [
Flem .
inkalven .]
(
a )
To fall in and leave a hollow ,
as earth on the side of a well or pit .
(
b )
To submit ;
to yield . [
Slang ] --
H .
Kingsley .
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Cave \
Cave \ (
k [=
a ]
v ),
n . [
F .
cave ,
L .
cavus hollow ,
whence cavea cavity .
Cf . {
Cage }.]
1 .
A hollow place in the earth ,
either natural or artificial ;
a subterraneous cavity ;
a cavern ;
a den .
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2 .
Any hollow place ,
or part ;
a cavity . [
Obs .] "
The cave of the ear ." --
Bacon .
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3 . (
Eng .
Politics )
A coalition or group of seceders from a political party ,
as from the Liberal party in England in 1866 .
See {
Adullam }, {
Cave of },
in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Cave bear } (
Zool .),
a very large fossil bear ({
Ursus spel [
ae ]
us })
similar to the grizzly bear ,
but large ;
common in European caves .
{
Cave dweller },
a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave . --
Tylor .
{
Cave hyena } (
Zool .),
a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves ,
now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena .
{
Cave lion } (
Zool .),
a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe ,
believed to be a large variety of the African lion .
{
Bone cave }.
See under {
Bone }.
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113 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cave ":
abri ,
air -
raid shelter ,
antre ,
bend ,
bomb shelter ,
bombproof ,
bow ,
bowl ,
break ,
break down ,
breakdown ,
breaking up ,
breakup ,
buckle ,
bunker ,
burrow ,
capitulate ,
cataclysm ,
catastrophe ,
cave in ,
cave -
in ,
cavern ,
cavity ,
collapse ,
concave ,
concealment ,
couch ,
cove ,
cover ,
covert ,
coverture ,
crack -
up ,
crash ,
crumple ,
cup ,
cyclone cellar ,
debacle ,
decline ,
defer ,
deflate ,
den ,
disaster ,
dish ,
droop ,
dugout ,
earth ,
fall in ,
fallout shelter ,
flop ,
flop down ,
flump ,
flump down ,
fold ,
fold up ,
form ,
founder ,
foxhole ,
funk hole ,
give way ,
go ,
go down ,
grot ,
grotto ,
hole ,
hollow ,
hollow out ,
implode ,
knuckle ,
knuckle under ,
lair ,
lapse ,
lodge ,
lower ,
mew ,
plop ,
plop down ,
plump ,
puncture ,
run ,
safety zone ,
sag ,
set ,
settle ,
settle down ,
sewer ,
shelter ,
shipwreck ,
sink ,
sink down ,
slouch ,
slump ,
slump down ,
smash ,
smashup ,
storm cave ,
storm cellar ,
submerge ,
submit ,
subside ,
subterrane ,
subterranean ,
subway ,
succumb ,
surrender ,
swag ,
total loss ,
trench ,
tunnel ,
warren ,
washout ,
wrack ,
wreck ,
yield Cave for Automated Virtual Environment (
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Cave There are numerous natural caves among the limestone rocks of Syria ,
many of which have been artificially enlarged for various purposes .
The first notice of a cave occurs in the history of Lot (
Gen .
19 :
30 ).
The next we read of is the cave of Machpelah (
q .
v .),
which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth (
Gen .
25 :
9 ,
10 ).
It was the burying -
place of Sarah and of Abraham himself ,
also of Isaac ,
Rebekah ,
Leah ,
and Jacob (
Gen .
49 :
31 ;
50 :
13 ).
The cave of Makkedah ,
into which the five Amorite kings retired after their defeat by Joshua (
10 :
16 ,
27 ).
The cave of Adullam (
q .
v .),
an immense natural cavern ,
where David hid himself from Saul (
1 Sam .
22 :
1 ,
2 ).
The cave of Engedi (
q .
v .),
now called '
Ain Jidy ,
i .
e .,
the "
Fountain of the Kid ",
where David cut off the skirt of Saul '
s robe (
24 :
4 ).
Here he also found a shelter for himself and his followers to the number of 600 (
23 :
29 ;
24 :
1 ). "
On all sides the country is full of caverns which might serve as lurking -
places for David and his men ,
as they do for outlaws at the present day ."
The cave in which Obadiah hid the prophets (
1 Kings 18 :
4 )
was probably in the north ,
but it cannot be identified .
The cave of Elijah (
1 Kings 19 :
9 ),
and the "
cleft "
of Moses on Horeb (
Ex .
33 :
22 ),
cannot be determined .
In the time of Gideon the Israelites took refuge from the Midianites in dens and caves ,
such as abounded in the mountain regions of Manasseh (
Judg .
6 :
2 ).
Caves were frequently used as dwelling -
places (
Num .
24 :
21 ;
Cant .
2 :
14 ;
Jer .
49 :
16 ;
Obad .
1 :
3 ). "
The excavations at Deir Dubban ,
on the south side of the wady leading to Santa Hanneh ,
are probably the dwellings of the Horites ,"
the ancient inhabitants of Idumea Proper .
The pits or cavities in rocks were also sometimes used as prisons (
Isa .
24 :
22 ;
51 :
14 ;
Zech .
9 :
11 ).
Those which had niches in their sides were occupied as burying -
places (
Ezek .
32 :
23 ;
John 11 :
38 ).
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