cavern

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cav·ern /ˈkævən $ -ərn/ noun [countable]  DNa large cave 大洞穴

Examples from the Corpus

cavern• A few that remain protrude from the side and top, synthetic stalactites in a cavern of the sea.• Jewel-tipped stalactites hung from the cavern roof, aglow like many little lamps.• The Environmental Protection Agency has authorised the storage of only 8,500 drums in the cavern over a five year test period.• It was too soon; she was still in the cavern.• The bats leave the caverns at sunset each day to feed on night-flying insects.• Even access is not encouraged, and the tracks leading to the caverns are also closed.• We swam in the chilly river of the Titou Gorge where it winds through caverns underground.• The deepest is Lechuguilla, an undeveloped cavern that reaches 1,567 feet into the Earth.Origin cavern (1300-1400) Old French caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus; → CAVE1

cav·ern nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus large a cave

cavern
cav‧ern /ˈkævən $ -ərn/ noun [countable]a large cave

cav·ernBrE /ˈkævən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkævərn/ 🔊 nouna cave, especially a large one 大洞穴；大山洞