cave

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cave [cave caves caved caving] noun, verb BrE [keɪv] NAmE [keɪv]
noun
a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground
•the mouth (= the entrance) of the cave
•The area contains vast underground cave systems.
•a cave-dweller (= a person who lives in a ↑cave )

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin cava, from cavus ‘hollow’ (compare with ↑cavern). The usage cave in may be from the synonymous dialect expression calve in, influenced by obsolete cave ‘excavate, hollow out’.

Example Bank:
•We took shelter in a dark cave.
•a collapsed limestone cave
Derived: ↑cave in
 
verb
see also ↑caving
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin cava, from cavus ‘hollow’ (compare with ↑cavern). The usage cave in may be from the synonymous dialect expression calve in, influenced by obsolete cave ‘excavate, hollow out’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spelunk, undermine