单词	potholed
释义	potholepot‧hole /ˈpɒthəʊl $ ˈpɑːthoʊl/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He rode his bike over an enormous pothole. It is going to cost the city at least $500,000 to patch potholes created by winter rains. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS In one of these potholes, Estrelita's front right hoof became trapped. It pitches and bobbles on some roads, and bounces over the potholes driven fast. The potholes go half way up the tire. The 1996 survey was taken during the fall, when there tend to be more potholes. The pass gets its name from two groups of deep limestone potholes set either side of the road. The road is rutted mud, with potholes like emptied boils. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora hole in the ground or in the surface of something► hole · The old mineshaft had left a deep hole, dangerous to both people and livestock.hole in · The aim is to get the ball in a hole in the ground.make a hole (in something) · We made a small hole in the earth, just deep enough to cover the roots of the plant.· Make a hole in the bottom of each plant pot to let the water drain out.dig a hole · A fox had dug a hole under our garden fence.· Construction workers have to dig a thousand foot hole before work can start on the tunnel. ► crater a big hole in the surface of something, especially the ground, that is caused by an explosion or a large falling object: · The meteor left a crater over five miles wide.crater in: · When the bomb exploded it left a huge crater in the ground. ► pothole a hole in the surface of a road that makes driving difficult or dangerous: · He rode his bike over an enormous pothole.· It is going to cost the city at least $500,000 to patch potholes created by winter rains. ► pit a large wide hole in the ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose such as burying things: · They found a large pit where all the dead bodies had been thrown.· We dug a pit a yard deep in the soil. ► abyss an extremely deep empty space, seen from a very high point such as the edge of a mountain - used especially in literature: · Matthew found himself standing at the edge of a deep abyss. ► chasm a very deep space between two high areas of rock, especially one that is dangerous: · An unsteady-looking rope bridge was the only way to get across the chasm.· The landscape was a series of mountains, chasms, canyons and valleys. WORD SETS► Geology agglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun 1a large hole in the surface of a road, caused by traffic and bad weather, which makes driving difficult or dangerous2 British English a long hole that goes deep under the ground, formed by natural processes—potholed adjective
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