the mouth (= the entrance) of the cave
洞口
a cave-dweller (= a person who lives in a cave )
穴居人
The ceiling suddenly caved in on top of them.
天花板突然塌落在他们身上。
The President is unlikely to cave in to demands for a public inquiry.
总统未必会屈服而同意进行公开调查。
...a cave more than 1,000 feet deep.
1,000多英尺深的山洞
There is only a pinpoint of light in the cave.
山洞中只能见到一丝光线.
The cave fell in.
山洞崩塌了.
It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave.
在进入一个很深的岩洞之前,光是装配绳梯和建立供应基地就需要八天之久. (makeadescent下降)
The force of the blast dashed him against the wall of the cave.
狂风的威力把他猛撞在山洞石壁上.
A winding path leads to the cave.
一条曲折的小道通向山洞.
The roof of the cave dropped in on the miners, trapping them.
洞穴的顶部坍了下来, 砸在矿工身上.
A mouse ran out from the dark orifice of the cave.
一只老鼠从黑暗的洞口跑出.
They took refuge in a cave yesterday.
他们昨天是在一个洞里避难的.
The mouth of the cave was so narrow that we had to edge in.
洞口太窄,我们只能侧着身走进去.
We took shelter from the rain in a cave.
我们在一个山洞里避雨.
Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.
一个探测队以这台新的探宝器为装备, 进了山洞,以期找到掩藏的财宝.
The earthquake made the roadbed cave in.
地震后路基沉陷了.
If you go into the cave without waiting for the guide, you do it at your own risk.
如果你不等导游带领而进入山洞, 你就得自担风险.
The cave was inhabited by a hermit.
以前曾有一个隐士居住在这个洞穴里.
The cave was echoing with shouts.
山洞内回荡着叫喊声.
Seen from within, the cave looks larger.
从内部看这山洞显得比较大些.
The weight of the snow caused the roof of the cabin to cave in.
雪的重量使得小屋的屋顶塌陷.
The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.
贼把赃物藏在山洞里.
There is water in the interior of the cave.
在山洞的内部有水.
The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then failed to collect it.
海盗常把金子埋藏在山洞里,而后来又没能取走.
a dark dank cave
阴暗潮湿的洞穴
the dusky light inside the cave
洞中昏暗的光线
But in some respects cave dwellers were far cleverer than us.
但是在某些方面穴居人要比我们聪明得多。
The limestone is sufficiently fissured for tree roots to have breached the roof of the cave.
石灰岩上有许多缝隙，故而树根能从岩洞顶部长出来。
The roof of the tunnel caved in.
隧道的顶部塌陷了。
The roof is dangerous and could cave in at any time.
屋顶很危险,任何时候都可能坍塌。
The mine which caved in during the earthquake was soon repaired and resumed production.
在地震中坍陷的矿井很快修复了,并恢复了生产。
cave sth ⇔ inWho has caved my hat in?
谁把我的帽子弄塌下去了?
They caved in the roof of the underground passage with powerful explosives.
他们用强大的炸药把地下通道的顶部炸塌陷了。
cave inWhy 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。
cave inThe children begged their father to take them to the circus until he caved in.
孩子们请求父亲带他们去看马戏,直到他让步为止。
As we set forth facts and reasoned things out the criminal could not but cave in and admit his crime.
由于我们摆事实、讲道理,那个犯罪分子不得不低头认罪。
They refused to cave in to the terrorists' demands.
他们拒绝向恐怖分子的要求屈服。
The opposition caved in before our superior argument.
反对者在我们强有力的辩论之下屈服了。
The challenger caved in during the seventh round.
竞争进入第七轮那位挑战者就一蹶不振了。
The earth caved in, so as to leave a vacant space.
出自：W. IrvingMen caved all around, but the women were firm.
出自：L. SteffensThe front of the building caved in.., seeming to collapse in slow motion.
出自：D. Bagley