cave-in

基本解释

You could've got caught in a cave-in, or bit by rattlers.
你有可能被困到某个洞穴里，或者是被这里的老鼠咬伤。
All are tricky in a mine rendered unstable by the cave-in, and, in the best of cases, will take several months.
对于一个刚发生塌方仍处于不稳定状态的矿井来说，实施这两种方案都很棘手，而且，最快也需要几个月的时间。
He managed to track down the man responsible for the find, who took him to the very cave - in the Judean desert not far from Bethlehem - in which the sculpture of the lovers had been discovered.
最后他设法找到了最初发现这恋人雕塑的那个人。那人把他带到了当初雕塑出土的那个洞穴，位于伯利恒不远的朱迪亚沙漠。

Ku Shu-Lan lived with her husband in a cave carved from earth.
Now Spenser's hero in Book Two of the Faerie Queene is Sir Guyon, and Sir Guyon descends into Mammon's Cave - it's a Spenserian underworld - and it's in Mammon's Cave that he is tempted by the money god himself.
斯潘塞在《仙后》第二册中的英雄是盖恩先生，盖恩下到贪欲之神的洞穴中,这是斯潘塞笔下的地狱,就在贪欲之神的洞穴盖恩被贪欲之神诱惑了。
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坍塌
To prevent the cave-in, lateral bracing is needed when the groundwater is rich.
当洞内出水较多时,为防止拱脚岩层的软化造成拱架坍塌事故,必要时应在导坑内加设横向支撑。
环境科学技术
事故树