cave

洞窟

岩の中や地下に自然にできた大きな空間。

やさしい英語で： A large natural space inside rock or under the ground.

• Bats live in this cave.
• We explored several caves along the coast.
• They sheltered in a cave during the storm.

類義語： cavern

よく使う表現： dark cave, cave entrance, explore a cave

地下貯蔵室、ワインセラー

ワインやチーズを保存するための、地下の涼しい部屋。

やさしい英語で： A cool room below ground where wine or cheese is stored.

• The cheese rests in a cool cave.
• Our wine cave holds two hundred bottles.
• They built caves beneath the shop to store cheese.

類義語： cellar

よく使う表現： wine cave, cheese cave, storage cave

くぼみ、空洞

土や岩に自然にできた、または人が作った穴や空洞。

やさしい英語で： A hollow or gap in earth or rock, made naturally or by people.

• Rainwater collected in a shallow cave in the rock.
• The workers dug a small cave in the bank.
• Loose soil filled the caves left by fallen stones.

類義語： hollow, hole, cavity

よく使う表現： small cave, cave in rock, shallow cave

崩落、陥没

天井や地面が、その下にある空間へ崩れ落ちること。

やさしい英語で： An event in which a roof or ground falls into the space below it.

• A cave blocked the mine entrance.
• The miners escaped before the roof cave.
• Several caves damaged the old tunnels.

類義語： cave-in, collapse

よく使う表現： roof cave, mine cave, sudden cave

屈する、折れる

圧力に抵抗するのをやめ、相手の要求を受け入れる。

やさしい英語で： To stop resisting pressure and agree to what someone wants.

• I finally caved and said yes.
• Will they cave in to our demands?
• He caved after the children begged for a puppy.

使い方： cave in to someone/something (The council caved in to public pressure.); cave under pressure (She refused to cave under pressure.)

類義語： give in, yield, surrender

反対語： resist

よく使う表現： cave in, cave under pressure, cave to demands

崩れる、陥没する

支えが足りず、内側や下へ崩れ落ちる。

やさしい英語で： To fall inward or down because there is not enough support.

• The roof caved in.
• These walls could cave under the weight.
• Heavy rain caused the tunnel to cave in.

使い方： cave in (The tunnel began to cave in.)

類義語： collapse, fall in

よく使う表現： cave in, roof cave in, walls cave in

くり抜く、えぐる

内部や下の土や岩を取り除き、空洞を作ったり支えを弱めたりする。

やさしい英語で： To remove earth or rock from inside or beneath something, leaving a hollow or weakening it.

• The current caved the riverbank.
• Floodwater had caved the earth beneath the wall.
• Strong waves slowly cave the softer rock.

類義語： hollow out, undermine

よく使う表現： cave a bank, cave the earth, cave a levee

崩落採掘する

鉱山で岩の支えを取り除き、崩れ落ちた岩を採取する。

やさしい英語で： To obtain rock in a mine by removing its supports so it falls down.

• Miners cave the deposit by removing its supports.
• The crew caved the ore above the tunnel.
• They will cave this section after clearing the workers.

よく使う表現： cave the deposit, cave the ore, cave the rock