| 主要翻译 |
| cave in viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | literal (collapse inward) (本义) | 塌陷，陷落，塌方，坍塌
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| | When the ceiling supports gave way, the mine caved in and everyone was trapped inside. |
| cave in viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | figurative (change mind: yield, give in) (比喻) | 屈服，投降，放弃，认输
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| | After a prolonged strike, the government finally caved in and agreed to all of the union's demands |
| cave-in nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (collapse) | 塌陷
tā xiàn |
| | | 坍塌
tān tā |
| | | 塌方
tā fāng |