cave
noun[C]
uk/keɪv/us/keɪv/B1
alargeholein thesideof ahill,cliff, ormountain, or one that isunderground
洞穴;山洞;地洞Roger Coulam/Photolibrary/GettyImages
- Theechoesof hisscreamsoundedin the cave for severalseconds.
 - She wascrushedin afreakaccidentin a cave in France.
 - She took me by thehandandledme into the cave.
 - Anarrowtrailofbloodleddirectlyinto the cave.
 - They weretrappedin the cave for 19hours.
 
Geography: caves, cracks & crevices
- bergschrund
 - cavern
 - chimney
 - crack
 - crater
 - cratered
 - crevice
 - fissure
 - furrow
 - gouge
 - gulf
 - hole
 - pit
 - pothole
 - relocation
 - rut
 - speleologist
 - stalactite
 - stalagmite
 - the San Andreas Fault
 
cave
verb[I]
uk/keɪv/us/keɪv/informal(alsocave in)
toagreeto something that you would notagreeto before, after someone haspersuadedyou orthreatenedyou:
让步;屈服;妥协Afterprotestsfromcustomers, thecompanycaved andremovedtheitemfromitsstores.在顾客们进行抗议后,公司妥协了,从货架上拿下了这件商品。
Iknewhe'd cave if theyofferedhim moremoney.我就知道如果他们给他更多钱,他会妥协的。
Changing your mind
- 180
 - about-face
 - about-turn
 - back away
 - back out
 - cave in
 - cold
 - come round
 - have another think comingidiom
 - move
 - oscillate
 - oscillation
 - pendulum
 - pull
 - pull out
 - think againidiom
 - think better ofsomethingidiom
 - time-server
 - time-serving
 - volte-face
 
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Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
Phrasal verb
cave in