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cavernous

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cav·ern·ous /ˈkævənəs $ -ərnəs/ adjective literary  BIGa cavernous room, space, or hole is very large and deep 〔房间、空间或洞〕又大又深的,像大洞穴的 a cavernous dining hall 一个很大的食堂
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cavernousThe models reeling down the catwalks are stick thin, their faces cavernous and bruised, their hair matted.Its cavernous classrooms became silent in 1977 when the school closed.The Ballet and the cavernous, gilt-trimmed Wang are locked in symbiotic, occasionally contentious embrace.There were two cavernous nostrils and Nuadu realised that this was the reason for the hissing whispering voice.As you fall into this cavernous organ and look around, you see that the shot was administered before a meal.Our steps echo over the marble floors, through the cavernous rooms and long galleries.The cavernous rumblings did not continue long; perhaps a score of riders, no more.
cav·ern·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
very cavernous large room, or hole space, is Corpus a


cavernous
cavernous /ˈkævənəs $ -ərnəs/ adjective literary
a cavernous room, space, or hole is very large and deep:
    a cavernous dining hall


cav·ern·ousBrE /ˈkævənəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkævərnəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) (of a room or space 房间或空间) very large and often empty and/or dark; like a cave 大而空的;又黑又深的;像洞穴的