hole
noun /həʊl/
/həʊl/
Idioms - [countable] a hollow space in something solid or in the surface of something
洞；孔；坑 - He dug a deep hole in the garden.
他在花园里挖了个深坑。 - hole in something The bomb blew a huge hole in the ground.
炸弹在地上炸了一个大坑。 - Water had collected in the holes in the road.
水积聚在道路的坑洼处。 - She drilled a small hole in the wall.
她在墙上钻了一个小洞。
- I uprooted the tree and filled the hole with earth.
我把树连根拔起，然后用土把坑填平。 - The snake disappeared down a hole.
蛇消失在一个洞里。 - There was water in the hole.
洞里有水。 - We dug a deep hole to bury the animals in.
我们挖了一个深坑埋葬这些动物。 - We used cement to plug the holes.
我们用水泥把洞口封住了。 - He managed to dig out a small snow hole.
他设法在雪地里挖出一个小坑。 - I've got a chocolate-bar-sized hole in my stomach.
我胃里有一个巧克力棒大小的洞。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- gaping
- …
- bore
- create
- cut
- …
- down a/the hole
- in a/the hole
- through a/the hole
- …
- full of holes
- riddled with holes
- He dug a deep hole in the garden.
- [countable] a space or opening that goes all the way through something
裂口；开口；孔眼 - We drilled a hole through the wall.
我们在墙上钻了一个洞。 - The car was riddled with bullet holes.
汽车被子弹打得千疮百孔。 - The old blankets were full of holes.
旧毯子上满是洞。 - hole in something There were holes in the knees of his trousers.
他裤子的膝部有破洞。 - There's a gaping hole in the ceiling and rain is pouring onto my desk.
天花板上有一个大洞，雨水正倾泻到我的桌子上。 - She punched two holes in each sheet of paper.
她在每张纸上打了两个孔。 - through a hole The children climbed through a hole in the fence.
孩子们从栅栏的缺口处爬了过去。
Homophones hole | wholehole wholesee also black hole, ozone hole/həʊl//həʊl/- hole noun
- She caught a fish through a hole in the ice.
她从冰上的一个洞里抓到了一条鱼。
- She caught a fish through a hole in the ice.
- whole adjective
- He hadn't told us the whole story.
他没有告诉我们整个故事。
- He hadn't told us the whole story.
- whole noun
- The camera moves and you see the whole of the palace.
镜头移动，你可以看到整个宫殿。
- The camera moves and you see the whole of the palace.
- The figure cut a round black hole in the ice of a lake.
这个人物在一个湖的冰面上切开了一个圆形黑洞。 - He had worn a hole in the knees of his trousers.
他裤子的膝盖处磨出了洞。 - I used a skewer to make an extra hole in my belt.
我用扦子在腰带上又打了一个眼儿。 - The missile had torn a jagged hole in the side of the ship.
导弹在船体的一侧打出了一个边缘参差不齐的窟窿。 - The wall was full of bullet holes.
墙上布满了弹痕。 - an operation for a hole in her heart
修补她心脏上一个小洞的手术
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- gaping
- …
- bore
- create
- cut
- …
- down a/the hole
- in a/the hole
- through a/the hole
- …
- full of holes
- riddled with holes
- We drilled a hole through the wall.
- [countable] the home of a small animal
洞穴；巢穴 - a mouse hole
鼠洞 - down a hole The story begins with Alice falling down a rabbit hole.
故事从爱丽丝掉进兔子洞开始。
- a mouse hole
- [countable, usually singular] (informal, disapproving) an unpleasant place to live or be in
糟糕的住所（或处所） - I am not going to bring up my child in this hole.
我不会在这个鬼地方养育孩子的。
- I am not going to bring up my child in this hole.
- enlarge image[countable] a hollow in the ground that you must get the ball into; one of the sections of a golf course with the tee at the beginning and the hole at the end
球洞；球座到球洞的区域 - The ball rolled into the hole and she had won.
球滚进了洞，她赢了。 - an eighteen-hole golf course
十八洞高尔夫球场 - He liked to play a few holes after work.
他下班后喜欢打几杆高尔夫球。 - She won the first hole.
她在第一洞时领先。 - She won by one hole.
她领先一洞赢得比赛。
- The ball rolled into the hole and she had won.
- [countable, usually plural] a fault or weakness in something such as a plan, law or story
（计划、法律或报道等的）错误，缺陷，漏洞 - I don't believe what she says—her story is full of holes.
我不相信她的话，她的说法漏洞百出。 - hole in something He was found not guilty because of holes in the prosecution case.
由于起诉案情有破绽，他被判无罪。
- I don't believe what she says—her story is full of holes.
- [singular] hole (in something) a place or position that needs to be filled because somebody/something is no longer there
空缺的地方（或位置） - After his wife left, there was a gaping hole in his life.
妻子离开后，他的人生中出现了一大片空洞。 - Buying the new equipment left a big hole in the company's finances.
购买新设备给公司的财政造成了一个大洞。
- After his wife left, there was a gaping hole in his life.
hollow space空的空间
opening裂口
animal’s home动物住处
unpleasant place糟糕的地方
in golf高尔夫球
fault/weakness错误；缺陷
empty place/position空缺的地方／位置
词源Old English hol (noun), holian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hol (noun) ‘cave’, (adjective) ‘hollow’, and German hohl ‘hollow’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover, conceal’.
Idioms
an ace in the hole (North American English)
(British English an ace up your sleeve)
- (informal) a secret advantage, for example a piece of information or a skill, that you are ready to use if you need to
秘藏的王牌；撒手锏；锦囊妙计
burn a hole in your pocket
- if money burns a hole in your pocket, you want to spend it as soon as you have it
一有（钱）就想花；花钱没有节制
dig yourself into a hole
- to get yourself into a bad situation that will be very difficult to get out of
使自己陷入困境；使自己处境尴尬
in a hole
- (informal) in a difficult situation
处于困境 - He had got himself into a hole and it was going to be difficult to get out of it.
他使自己陷入了困境，难以摆脱。
- He had got himself into a hole and it was going to be difficult to get out of it.
in the hole
- (North American English, informal) owing money
负债；欠钱；亏空 - We start the current fiscal year $30 million in the hole.
我们今年的财政年度一开始便负着 3 000 万美元的债。
- We start the current fiscal year $30 million in the hole.
make a hole in something
- to use up a large amount of something that you have, especially money
大量耗费（尤指钱） - School fees can make a big hole in your savings.
学费会花掉一大笔的储蓄。
- School fees can make a big hole in your savings.
pick holes in something
- to find the weak points in something such as a plan, suggestion, etc.
挑刺儿；挑毛病；找漏洞 - It was easy to pick holes in his arguments.
找他论据中的漏洞很容易。
- It was easy to pick holes in his arguments.
a square peg (in a round hole)
- (informal) a person who does not feel happy or comfortable in a particular situation, or who is not suitable for it
用非所长者；方枘圆凿