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a cave-in
The miners narrowly escaped a cave-in.
矿工们险些遭遇塌方。
塌陷
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塌陷
the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
The miners narrowly escaped a cave-in.
矿工们险些遭遇塌方。
突然塌陷到下面的空洞中
the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
The old mine entrance showed a large cave-in after the earthquake.
地震后，老矿井入口出现了一个大塌陷。
The road was closed due to a cave-in caused by heavy rains.
由于大雨导致的路面塌陷，那条路被封闭了。
The workers inspected the cave-in at the construction site.
工人们检查了建筑工地的塌陷处。
The miners narrowly escaped a cave-in.
矿工们险些遭遇塌方。
Frequent cave-ins have closed the road.
频繁的塌陷导致道路封闭。
The cave-in blocked the entrance to the tunnel.
塌方堵住了隧道入口。
Not this
The heavy snow caved in the roof.
Use this
The roof caved in under the heavy snow.
cave in 是不及物短语动词，不能直接接宾语。表示‘塌陷’时，主语是被压塌的物体。
Not this
After hours of negotiation, he finally caved.
Use this
After hours of negotiation, he finally caved in.
cave in 短语中的 in 不可缺少，否则意义不同（cave 单独表示‘挖洞’）。
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塌落
The mine suffered a cave in last night.
昨晚矿井发生了塌落。
大规模塌方
A massive cave in blocked the tunnel.
大规模塌方堵塞了隧道。
塌方预警
The workers received a cave in warning.
工人们收到了塌方预警。
塌方风险
There is a high cave in risk in this area.
该地区塌方风险很高。
塌方碎石
Rescuers removed the cave in debris.
救援人员清除了塌方碎石。
屈服，投降
He finally caved in to their demands.
他最终屈服于他们的要求。
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联想'洞穴（cave）'向内塌陷（in），表示屈服或塌落。
语域：neutral 常见场景：mining、construction、negotiation 通常作为名词使用，指塌陷或屈服，常见于矿业、建筑等语境，也用于比喻。
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