caveinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

cave in (third-person singular simple present caves in, present participle caving in, simple past and past participle caved in)

1. (intransitive) To collapse inward or downward.

   Synonyms: cave, break, fall in, give way

   The roof caved in under the weight of the snow.

   • 1955 June, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: London Midland Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 439:

     It was to assist in the filling-in of the tunnel on the disused Patricroft-Clifton Junction line, which was the scene of a disaster in 1953 when part, below some houses in Swinton, caved in.

2. (transitive) To cause to collapse inward or downward.

   Synonyms: break, crush, stave, stave in

   He caved in the side of the barrel with a single well-placed kick.

3. (intransitive, figurative) To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will.

   Synonyms: cave, assent, give in, give up, relinquish, yield, comply, acquiesce

   After he asked me a few times, I finally caved in and had a slice of cake.

   • 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46:

     Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.

別の表記

• (misspelling) cave-in

名詞

cave in

1. Misspelling of cave-in.

アナグラム

• Ivanec, cevian, incave

名詞

cave-in (plural cave-ins)

1. The act of something collapsing or caving in.

   Synonyms: breakage, collapse, rockfall

   We were warned away from the rickety old mine because of the danger of cave-ins.

2. The location where something has caved in.

   Synonyms: blockage, collapse, rockfall

   We couldn't get past the cave-in blocking the tunnel.

3. (idiomatic) The act of relenting.

   Synonyms: acquiescence, consent, sellout

   It was a cave-in, but I let my child have a candy to shut her up.

動詞

cave-in

1. Misspelling of cave in.

アナグラム

• Ivanec, cevian, incave