Слово англійською: hole

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hole

noun
/həʊl/

    hollow space

  1. [countable] a hollow space in something solid or in the surface of something
    • He dug a deep hole in the garden.
    • hole in something The bomb blew a huge hole in the ground.
    • Water had collected in the holes in the road.
    • She drilled a small hole in the wall.
    see also f-hole, sinkhole, swallow hole
    2.

    opening

  2. [countable] a space or opening that goes all the way through something
    • We drilled a hole through the wall.
    • The car was riddled with bullet holes.
    • The old blankets were full of holes.
    • hole in something There were holes in the knees of his trousers.
    • There's a gaping hole in the ceiling and rain is pouring onto my desk.
    • She punched two holes in each sheet of paper.
    • through a hole The children climbed through a hole in the fence.
    Homophones hole | wholehole   whole
    /həʊl/
    • hole noun
      • She caught a fish through a hole in the ice.
    • whole adjective
      • He hadn't told us the whole story.
    • whole adverb (informal)
      • The series has taken her career to a whole new level.
    • whole noun
      • The camera moves and you see the whole of the palace.
see also black hole, ozone hole

animal’s home

  • [countable] the home of a small animal
    • a mouse hole
    • down a hole The story begins with Alice falling down a rabbit hole.
    compare foxhole, pigeonhole see also bolthole, hidey-hole, priest’s hole, rabbit hole, toad-in-the-hole, watering hole, Wookey Hole

    • unpleasant place

  • [countable, usually singular] (informal, disapproving) an unpleasant place to live or be in synonym dump
    • I am not going to bring up my child in this hole.
    see also hellhole

    • in golf

  • [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
    • The ball rolled into the hole and she had won.
    • an eighteen-hole golf course
    • He liked to play a few holes after work.
    • She won the first hole.
    • She won by one hole.
    •

    fault/weakness

  • [countable, usually plural] a fault or weakness in something such as a plan, law or story
    • I don't believe what she says—her story is full of holes.
    • hole in something He was found not guilty because of holes in the prosecution case.
    see also loophole, plot hole, security hole

    • empty place/position

  • [singular] hole (in something) a place or position that needs to be filled because somebody/something is no longer there
    • After his wife left, there was a gaping hole in his life.
    • Buying the new equipment left a big hole in the company's finances.
    • Word OriginOld 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’.
    see also top-hole
    Idioms
    an ace in the hole (North American English)
    (British English an ace up your sleeve)
    1. (informal) a secret advantage, for example a piece of information or a skill, that you are ready to use if you need to
    burn a hole in your pocket
    1. if money burns a hole in your pocket, you want to spend it as soon as you have it
    dig yourself into a hole
    1. to get yourself into a bad situation that will be very difficult to get out of
    in a hole
    1. (informal) in a difficult situation
      • He had got himself into a hole and it was going to be difficult to get out of it.
    in the hole
    1. (North American English, informal) owing money
      • We start the current fiscal year $30 million in the hole.
    make a hole in something
    1. to use up a large amount of something that you have, especially money
      • School fees can make a big hole in your savings.
    pick holes in something
    1. to find the weak points in something such as a plan, suggestion, etc.
      • It was easy to pick holes in his arguments.
    a square peg (in a round hole)
    1. (informal) a person who does not feel happy or comfortable in a particular situation, or who is not suitable for it
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