cavernous
cavernous 英 [ˈkævənəs] 美 [ˈkævərnəs]
adj. 似巨穴的；洞穴状的；凹状的；瓮声的
- If something reminds you of a cave or cavern in size, shape, or feel, you can describe it with the adjective cavernous. Your cavernous basement is huge, damp, and dark, but fortunately there are no bats down there.
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- adj. 似巨穴的；洞穴状的；凹状的；瓮声的
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1. And according to satellite pictures published two years ago, on the far side of a peninsula that juts into the bay lie the cavernous entrances to a vast underground submarine base.
两年前发布的卫星照片显示，在伸入海湾的半岛远端，还坐落着一座洞窟似的入口，通往巨大的地下潜艇基地。
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2. Lodgings for the brothers were nearby, and the seneschal passed an arched portal that led into the cavernous dormitory where lights burned, as Rule forbid the chamber to ever be totally dark.
其他武士的住房就在附近，总管穿过一个拱形的入口，到了巨穴似的宿舍，那里灯火点亮着，圣殿规则禁止房间完全的黑暗。
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3. Pad down the dark wooden stairs and you’re in the cavernous, glass-ceilinged main hall.
沿着黑暗的木楼梯上去，你会进入洞穴状的带有玻璃天花板的大厅。
- cavernous (adj.) c. 1400, "full of caverns," from Latin cavernosus "full of cavities" (source also of Italian cavernoso, French caverneux), from caverna (see cavern). Meaning "full of cavities, porous" is from 1590s. Meaning "deely hollowed out" is recorded from 1830.
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