caved

英 [keɪvd]

美 [keɪvd]

v.  （使）塌陷; 倒塌; 屈服; 洞穴潜水
cave的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 山洞;洞穴
  Acaveis a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground.
  1. ...a cave more than 1,000 feet deep.
     1,000多英尺深的山洞

双语例句

• Why do you want to appoint this man as manager? the last firm he worked for caved in.
  你为什么要任命此人为经理？他所服务的前一个商行倒闭了。
• The wall caved in to reveal a blocked-up Victorian fireplace
  墙坍塌了，露出砌在里面的维多利亚时代的壁炉。
• Enemy resistance soon caved in.
  敌人的反抗很快地土崩瓦解了。
• The foundations have sunk [ caved in].
  地基下陷。
• Part of the roof has caved in
  屋顶有一部分塌了下来。
• The road caved in.
  路凹下去了。
• After a ruinous strike, the union caved in
  一场破坏性的罢工之后，工会突然服软了。
• The prisoner dug a tunnel to try to escape, but it caved in.
  那名囚犯挖了一个隧道试著逃跑，但是隧道却崩塌了。
• I more or less caved in, though I still defended my explanation.
  我有点屈服了，尽管我仍然在为自己的解释辩解。
• After the long rain the road caved in.
  在长久的下雨后，道路塌陷了。