| 单词 | hole |
| 释义 | hole —holeless, adj. —holey, adj. /hohl/, n. , v. , holed, holing. n. 1. an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock. 2. a hollow place in a solid body or mass; a cavity: a hole in the ground. 3. the excavated habitation of an animal; burrow. 4. a small, dingy, or shabby place: I couldn't live in a hole like that. 5. a place of solitary confinement; dungeon. 6. an embarrassing position or predicament: to find oneself in a hole. 7. a cove or small harbor. 8. a fault or flaw: They found serious holes in his reasoning. 9. a deep, still place in a stream: a swimming hole. 10. Sports. a. a small cavity, into which a marble, ball, or the like is to be played. b. a score made by so playing. 11. Golf. a. the circular opening in a green into which the ball is to be played. b. a part of a golf course from a tee to the hole corresponding to it, including fairway, rough, and hazards. c. the number of strokes taken to hit the ball from a tee into the hole corresponding to it. 12. Informal. opening; slot: The radio program was scheduled for the P.M. hole. We need an experienced person to fill a hole in our accounting department. 13. Metalworking. (in wire drawing) one reduction of a section. 14. Electronics. a mobile vacancy in the electronic structure of a semiconductor that acts as a positive charge carrier and has equivalent mass. 15. Aeron. an air pocket that causes a plane or other aircraft to drop suddenly. 16. burn a hole in one's pocket, to urge one to spend money quickly: His inheritance was burning a hole in his pocket. 17. hole in the wall, a small or confining place, esp. one that is dingy, shabby, or out-of-the-way: Their first shop was a real hole in the wall. 18. in a or the hole, a. in debt; in straitened circumstances: After Christmas I am always in the hole for at least a month. b. Baseball , Softball. pitching or batting with the count of balls or balls and strikes to one's disadvantage, esp. batting with a count of two strikes and one ball or none. c. Stud Poker. being the card or one of the cards dealt face down in the first round: a king in the hole. 19. make a hole in, to take a large part of: A large bill from the dentist made a hole in her savings. 20. pick a hole or holes in, to find a fault or flaw in: As soon as I presented my argument, he began to pick holes in it. v.t. 21. to make a hole or holes in. 22. to put or drive into a hole. 23. Golf. to hit the ball into (a hole). 24. to bore (a tunnel, passage, etc.). v.i. 25. to make a hole or holes. 26. hole out, Golf. to strike the ball into a hole: He holed out in five, one over par. 27. hole up, a. to go into a hole; retire for the winter, as a hibernating animal. b. to hide, as from pursuers, the police, etc.: The police think the bank robbers are holed up in Chicago. [bef. 900; ME; OE hol hole, cave, orig. neut. of hol (adj.) HOLLOW; c. G hohl hollow] Syn. 1, 2. pit, hollow, concavity. HOLE, CAVITY, EXCAVATION refer to a hollow place in anything. HOLE is the common word for this idea: a hole in turf. CAVITY is a more formal or scientific term for a hollow within the body or in a substance, whether with or without a passage outward: a cavity in a tooth; the cranial cavity. An EXCAVATION is an extended hole made by digging out or removing material: an excavation before the construction of a building. 3. den, cave; lair, retreat. 4. hovel, shack. |
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