(of a room or space )房间或空间 very large and often empty and/or dark; like a cave 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
Extra ExamplesHe 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。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCavernous is used with these nouns:- hall
- mouth
- room
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernosus (from caverna ‘cavern’, from cavus ‘hollow’).