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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 龋齿的洞
roads full of holes 满是坑洼的道路.
(b) opening through sth; gap 开口; 裂口
The prisoner escaped through a hole in the wall. 那囚犯从墙上的缺口处逃走了.
I´ve worn holes in my socks. 我把袜子穿破了.
My socks are in holes/full of holes, ie worn so much that holes have formed. 我的袜子破了.
a hole in the heart, ie a defect at birth in the membrane of the heart 先天性心膜缺损.
2 [C]
(a) animal´s burrow (动物的)巢穴: a `mouse hole 鼠洞
a fox´s hole 狐穴.
(b) (usu sing 通常作单数) (fig infml 比喻, 口) small, dark or unpleasant room, flat, district, etc 狭小、 阴暗或简陋的房间、 住所、 区域等
Why do you want to live here it´s a dreadful hole! 你为什麽要住在这里--这小地方简直糟透了.
3 [sing] (sl 俚) awkward or difficult situation 窘境; 困境
be in (a bit of) a hole 感到(有点)为难.
4 [C] (sport 体)
(a) hollow or cavity into which a ball, etc must be hit in various games (多种游戏中将球等击入的)洞或孔
an ,eighteen-hole `golf-course 有十八个洞的高尔夫球场.
(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 (高尔夫球)由球座到球洞的一段距离, 以最少杆数进球所得的分数
win the first hole 在第一洞时领先.
5 (idm 习语) have an ace in the hole => ace. a hole in the `wall very small dingy shop, cafe, etc, esp in a row of buildings 狭小而昏暗的店 、 小餐馆等(尤指设於成排建筑物中的). make a hole in sth (infml 口) use a large amount of (one´s money, supplies, etc) 大量耗费(金钱、 供应品等)
The hospital bills made a big hole in his savings. 医疗费已用掉了他一大笔存款. 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 (高尔夫球等)击(球)入洞
She holed out from forty yards. 她从四十码远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. 那帮匪徒躲在山中某处.
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