grotto

FREQ #25709

n. 洞穴, 岩穴, 洞室

发音

UK /ˈɡɹɒt.əʊ/
US /ˈɡɹɑ.toʊ/
AU

词形变化

grottoes grottos 复数 grottos grottoes 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small cave.

    石窟

  2. 2.

    An artificial cavern-like retreat.

  3. 3.

    A Marian shrine, usually built in a cavern-like structure.

  4. 4.

    A local organization of cavers that typically organizes trips to caves and provides information and training for caving; a caving club.

  5. 5.

    A secretive name for a local group of underground Satanists.

  6. 6.

    A garden or roadside shrine with a small cave containing a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary (usually Our Lady of Lourdes and sometimes paired with a water feature)

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

grot

上位词 1

cave

相关短语

Santa's grotto

词源

From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of crypt. The Philippine sense is from the holy cave in Lourdes, France.

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