cavernous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkav.ən.əs/    美 /ˈkæv.ɚ.nəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
    — The last stop on the West Coast Main Line before you cross the border into Scotland, the strategically placed Carlisle Citadel is a station steeped in history. Opened on September 1 1847, the cavernous station was once home to seven railway companies in the pre-Grouping years.
  2. Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.; Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.
    — cavernous eyes
  3. Having many caverns.; Composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.
  4. Having many caverns.; Having cavities.

词形变化

more cavernous comparative most cavernous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
bronchocavernous cavernoma cavernous body cavernously cavernous nerve cavernous sinus extracavernous intercavernous intracavernous noncavernous paracavernous pericavernous

词源

Late Middle English cavernous, cavernose, borrowing from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernōsus (“full of hollows or cavities”), from caverna (“a hollow, cavity, cave”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to cavern + -ous.
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