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

• 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。
• 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 roof of the tunnel caved in.
  隧道的顶部塌陷了。
• 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。
• He's caved in on capital punishment.
  在是否应保留死刑的问题上，他已经让步了。
• The roof caved in and buried all of them.
  屋顶塌了，把他们都埋了起来。
• And that's when he caved.
  这正是他屈服的时候。
• The ground caved in under us.
  地面在我们下方塌陷了。
• The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure
  首相迫于后座议员们的压力让步了。