cavernous
adjective /ˈkævənəs/
/ˈkævərnəs/
(formal)- (of a room or space
) very large and often empty and/or dark; like a cave房间或空间 大而空的;又黑又深的;像洞穴的 - the vast, cavernous space of the empty concert hall
空荡荡的音乐厅中巨大的空间
- He opened his cavernous mouth and yawned.
他张开他的大嘴,打了个哈欠。 - The stage was cavernous and empty.
舞台空洞无物。
Collocations DictionaryCavernous is used with these nouns:- hall
- mouth
- room
- …
词源late Middle English: from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernosus (from caverna ‘cavern’, from cavus ‘hollow’). - the vast, cavernous space of the empty concert hall