hole
n
1 [C]
(a) sunken or hollow place in a solid mass or surface; cavity 洞; 孔; 坑; 洞穴
a hole in a tooth 齲齒的洞
roads full of holes 滿是坑洼的道路.
(b) opening through sth; gap 開口; 裂口
The prisoner escaped through a hole in the wall. 那囚犯從墻上的缺口處逃走了.
I've worn holes in my socks. 我把襪子穿破了.
My socks are in holes/full of holes, ie worn so much that holes have formed. 我的襪子破了.
a hole in the heart, ie a defect at birth in the membrane of the heart 先天性心膜缺損.
2 [C]
(a) animal's burrow (動物的)巢穴: a `mouse hole 鼠洞
a fox's hole 狐穴.
(b) (usu sing 通常作單數(shù)) (fig infml 比喻, 口) small, dark or unpleasant room, flat, district, etc 狹小、 陰暗或簡陋的房間、 住所、 區(qū)域等
Why do you want to live here it's a dreadful hole! 你為什麼要住在這里--這小地方簡直糟透了.
3 [sing] (sl 俚) awkward or difficult situation 窘境; 困境
be in (a bit of) a hole 感到(有點)為難.
4 [C] (sport 體)
(a) hollow or cavity into which a ball, etc must be hit in various games (多種游戲中將球等擊入的)洞或孔
an ,eighteen-hole `golf-course 有十八個洞的高爾夫球場.
(b) (in golf) section of a golf-course between a tee and a hole; point scored by a player who reaches the hole with the fewest strokes (高爾夫球)由球座到球洞的一段距離, 以最少桿數(shù)進球所得的分數(shù)
win the first hole 在第一洞時領(lǐng)先.
5 (idm 習語) have an ace in the hole => ace. a hole in the `wall very small dingy shop, cafe, etc, esp in a row of buildings 狹小而昏暗的店 、 小餐館等(尤指設(shè)於成排建筑物中的). make a hole in sth (infml 口) use a large amount of (one's money, supplies, etc) 大量耗費(金錢、 供應(yīng)品等)
The hospital bills made a big hole in his savings. 醫(yī)療費已用掉了他一大筆存款. money burns a hole in sb's pocket => money. pick holes in sth => pick3. hole, v
1 [Tn] make a hole or holes in (sth) 在(某物)上打洞或穿孔
The ship was holed by an iceberg. 冰山把那船撞出了窟窿.
2 [I, Ip, Tn]
~ (out) (in golf, etc) hit (the ball) into a hole (高爾夫球等)擊(球)入洞
She holed out from forty yards. 她從四十碼遠的地方把球打入洞中.
3 (phr v) hole up (also be holed up) (sl 俚 esp US) hide oneself 躲藏
The gang (was) holed up in the mountains somewhere. 那幫匪徒躲在山中某處.
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活了”(諧音):在 洞里住十天竟然活了出來
?? 擴展釋義
*[h?ul]n. 孔, 洞, 穴, 漏洞vt. 挖洞, 掘坑vi. 進洞, 鑿洞【化】 空穴; 孔; 洞相關(guān)詞組: be in a devil of a hole be in a hole be in the hole every hole and corner hole up make a hole in pick a hole in sb's coat