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Grotto Grɔtəu N.洞穴 英 Small Cavern N 1610s

单词 grotto
音标 ['grɔtəu]
解释 n.洞穴
红宝书 【英】 n.洞穴( small cavern)
字源 grotto (n.)
1610s, from Italian grotta, ultimately from Latin crypta "vault, cavern," from Greek krypte "hidden place" (see crypt). Terminal -o may be from its being spelled that way in many translations of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
不择手段背单词 n. 小洞穴 = cavern; 凿有雕像的人造洞窟
【记】读: grow头, 联想王八从它的壳里grow头出来, 他的壳就有小洞穴.
【类】grotto: cavern = arroyo: channel小洞穴对巨洞 = 小河对海峡
趣味全助记 【记】音:骷髅头,被发现在一个山洞里

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