A grotto is a small cave that people find pretty, or one they have built to look pretty — in a garden, by the sea, in a park. It is not a huge dark cave for explorers; the word already carries “small and attractive.” Churches and Catholic families, though actually, often use grotto for a little shrine that looks like a holy cave, after the famous one at Lourdes in France.

A grotto grotto is a small cave that people find pretty,是一種大家覺得漂亮的小洞穴 or one they have built to look pretty或是人特意蓋來看起來漂亮的 — in a garden, by the sea, in a park.──在花園裡、海邊，或公園裡。 It is not a huge dark cave for explorers;它不是探險家要探的那種又大又暗的洞穴； the word already carries "small and attractive."這個字本身就帶著「小巧漂亮」的意思。 Churches and Catholic families, though actually, often use grotto不過其實，教會和天主教家庭常常會用grotto for a little shrine that looks like a holy cave,指一個看起來像聖洞的小聖龕 after the famous one at Lourdes in France.是仿照法國露德那個有名的聖洞。

In the Philippines that religious sense is very common; in other English you will meet both the garden cave and the Mary shrine. For an ordinary hole in a rock, people often just say cave, unless they want that pretty or holy colour.

In the Philippines that religious sense is very common;在菲律賓，這個宗教上的用法非常常見； in other English you will meet both the garden cave and the Mary shrine.在其他地方的英文裡，花園洞穴和聖母聖龕這兩種意思你都會遇到。 For an ordinary hole in a rock,對一般岩石上的洞 people often just say cave,大家通常就直接說cave unless they want that pretty or holy colour.除非他們想要那種漂亮或神聖的味道。

The word can feel a little old-fashioned or literary.

The word can feel a little old-fashioned or literary.這個字聽起來可能有點老派或文學氣息。