- [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。
Extra ExamplesI 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。
Oxford 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
- [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- 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。
- whole adjective
He hadn't told us the whole story. 他没有告诉我们整个故事。
- 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。
Extra ExamplesThe 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
Oxford 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
- [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。
- [countable, usually singular] (informal, disapproving)
an unpleasant place to live or be in 糟糕的住所（或处所） - [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。
- [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。
- [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。
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
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’.
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
in the hole
make a hole in something
pick holes in something
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