英语词汇“caverns”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Noun a cavern with beautiful stalactites

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Noun

The movie opens innocently enough; a group of six girlfriends descend upon an ultra-narrow cavern system, only to discover their being chased and hunted by things that aren't entirely human.

Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022 Demand surged for gasoline and other oil products after the economy roared out of the cavern created by the coronavirus.

CBS News, 1 July 2022 Listed at $875,000, the house features a deck with a secret door that descends into a cavern complete with electricity and handrails.

Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2022 The team of scientists from New Zealand drilled through the ice shelf and dropped a camera into the cavern below.

Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2022 Sunlight illuminates only part of the cavern’s bottom; the rest is out of reach, and remains permanently shadowed.

Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 29 July 2022 Ryder and the PAW Patrol discover a secret treasure map while on a mission to rescue Cap’n Turbot from a mysterious cavern.

The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2022 Their hope is that more people can experience it—no matter what happens to the historic cavern.

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2022 A year later, Fuller built a wooden dance floor and installed some of the city’s first electric lights in the cavern, creating a popular entertainment destination.

Wired, 10 July 2022

Verb

In the hunt, scientists have erected detectors in a South Dakota cavern a mile underground, at the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia, under a mountain in Japan, and on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea.

Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 12 July 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English caverne, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin caverna "hollow space, crevice, tree hole, cave," from cavus "hollow, sunken" + -erna, noun-forming suffix of uncertain origin — more at hole entry 1

Verb

derivative of cavern entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

circa 1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	caverns
释义	cavern 1 of 2 noun cav·ern ˈka-vərn also -vrən : cave especially : one of large or indefinite extent cavern 2 of 2 verb caverned; caverning; caverns transitive verb 1 : to place in or as if in a cavern 2 : to form a cavern of : hollow —used with out Synonyms Noun antre cave delve [archaic] grot grotto See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun a cavern with beautiful stalactites Recent Examples on the Web Noun The movie opens innocently enough; a group of six girlfriends descend upon an ultra-narrow cavern system, only to discover their being chased and hunted by things that aren't entirely human. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022 Demand surged for gasoline and other oil products after the economy roared out of the cavern created by the coronavirus. CBS News, 1 July 2022 Listed at $875,000, the house features a deck with a secret door that descends into a cavern complete with electricity and handrails. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2022 The team of scientists from New Zealand drilled through the ice shelf and dropped a camera into the cavern below. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2022 Sunlight illuminates only part of the cavern’s bottom; the rest is out of reach, and remains permanently shadowed. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 29 July 2022 Ryder and the PAW Patrol discover a secret treasure map while on a mission to rescue Cap’n Turbot from a mysterious cavern. The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2022 Their hope is that more people can experience it—no matter what happens to the historic cavern. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2022 A year later, Fuller built a wooden dance floor and installed some of the city’s first electric lights in the cavern, creating a popular entertainment destination. Wired, 10 July 2022 Verb In the hunt, scientists have erected detectors in a South Dakota cavern a mile underground, at the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia, under a mountain in Japan, and on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 12 July 2018 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English caverne, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin caverna "hollow space, crevice, tree hole, cave," from cavus "hollow, sunken" + -erna, noun-forming suffix of uncertain origin — more at hole entry 1 Verb derivative of cavern entry 1 First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined above Verb circa 1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition cavern noun cav·ern ˈka-vərn : a cave often of large or unknown size Medical Definition cavern noun cav·ern ˈkav-ərn : a cavity (as in the lung) caused by disease caverns noun plural of cavern as in caves a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface a cavern with beautiful stalactites Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance caves grottoes grottos abysses tunnels grots pits lairs chasms mines hollows antres bunkers delves burrows excavations wells subways galleries shafts shelters dens gulfs holes crawlways foxholes lodges dugouts coverts
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