c. 1400, "full of caverns," from Latin cavernosus "full of cavities" (source also of Italian cavernoso, French caverneux), from caverna (see cavern). Meaning "hollow" is recorded from 1830.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The work space is a bare and cavernous warehouse.
工作場(chǎng)地是個(gè)空蕩蕩的大倉(cāng)庫(kù)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He remembered the half - darkness of a basement kitchen, and a woman's cavernous mouth.
他想起那間晦暗的地下廚房, 沒(méi)牙老太太黑洞洞的嘴.
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué)
3. The colonel was gorgeous, he had a cavernous mouth, cavernous cheeks, cavernous, sad, mildewed eyes.