grotto
英 [ˈɡrɒtəʊ]
美 [ˈɡrɑːtoʊ]
n. 洞穴; (尤指园林等中的)人工洞穴
复数：grottos
BNC.20055 / COCA.17656
同义词辨析
holecavecavitygrotto【导航词义：洞，穴】
holen. 洞，穴
〔辨析〕
普通用词，泛指固体物中的空间或某物可穿过的空间。
〔例证〕
There was a small hole in the road.
路上有个小坑。
The explosion tore a hole in the wall.
墙被炸出一个洞。
A mole dug a hole near the wall.
鼹鼠在墙边打了一个洞。
路上有个小坑。
The explosion tore a hole in the wall.
墙被炸出一个洞。
A mole dug a hole near the wall.
鼹鼠在墙边打了一个洞。
caven. 洞穴
〔辨析〕
指较大的天然洞窟，如山洞、岩洞等，也可指人造的窑洞。
〔例证〕
The cliffs are riddled with caves.
岩壁上布满洞穴。
The entry of the cave was hidden by trees.
洞穴的入口被树丛遮掩。
岩壁上布满洞穴。
The entry of the cave was hidden by trees.
洞穴的入口被树丛遮掩。
cavityn. 〈正式〉洞，空穴，腔
〔辨析〕
比 hole 正式，指实体内或表面的空洞或空腔。
〔例证〕
That is actually a cavity in the earth.
那其实是一个地下洞穴。
There is a cavity in one of my teeth.
我的一颗牙齿上有个蛀洞。
The heart is located roughly in the center of the chest cavity.
心脏大致位于胸腔的中央。
那其实是一个地下洞穴。
There is a cavity in one of my teeth.
我的一颗牙齿上有个蛀洞。
The heart is located roughly in the center of the chest cavity.
心脏大致位于胸腔的中央。
grotton. 洞穴，石室
〔辨析〕
指较小的、吸引人的洞穴、岩穴、石窟等，可以是天然的，也可以是人工开凿的。
〔例证〕
The grotto is not accessible at present.
该石窟目前不可进入。
He found a beautiful grotto, whose entrance was hidden by vines.
他发现了一个漂亮的洞穴，入口被藤蔓遮掩着。
该石窟目前不可进入。
He found a beautiful grotto, whose entrance was hidden by vines.
他发现了一个漂亮的洞穴，入口被藤蔓遮掩着。
牛津词典
noun
- 洞穴；（尤指园林等中的）人工洞穴
a small cave , especially one that has been made artificially, for example in a garden
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 洞穴；岩洞；岩穴
Agrottois a small cave with interesting or attractively shaped rocks.- Water trickles through an underground grotto.
水沿着地下岩洞流淌。
- Water trickles through an underground grotto.
英英释义
noun
- a small cave (usually with attractive features)
双语例句
- The grotto art on Xumi mountain and Shikong mountain are remains of an ancient civilization.
宁夏的须弥山石窟和石空山石窟，便是古代文明的留存。 - I visit the Rockefeller Center, the central grotto of New York Christmas.
我来到洛克菲勒中心（RockefellerCenter），这里是纽约城庆祝圣诞活动的中心。 - While the Bordeaux Pilgrim associates the episode with a rock, visitors of later times speak of a grotto.
虽然BordeauxPilgrim认为背叛事件是在一块石头上发生的，后世的造访者则提到一个洞穴。 - He glanced around this second grotto; it was, like the first, empty.
他环视了一下这第二个洞窟，它象第一个一样，也是空空的一无所有。 - Pure Land Jewels: Religious and Grotto Dances
净土瑰宝：宗教和石窟舞蹈 - He had lost all hope of detecting the secret of the grotto;
他对于探索岩洞的秘密已感到毫无希望了。 - A Probe on Material in Grotto Fresco and Colorful Rock Paintings
石窟壁画的材料表现与岩彩画的探讨 - Most of the big stores have a santa's grotto in the weeks before christmas.
在圣诞节前的几个星期里许多大商场都设有圣诞老人洞穴。 - Both the grotto mural arts comparable with the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and the religious culture such as the great and profound Tibetan Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism, etc.
既有可与敦煌莫高窟相媲美的石窟壁画艺术，又有博大精深的藏传、汉传佛教等宗教文化。 - Grotto art visually shows the godship with humanization and the course of humanization, which gradually changed to be godship.
石窟艺术形象展示了人性化的神性，以及逐渐转化为神性的人性化过程。