1 [C] an opening; an empty space in sth solid 洞:
The pavement is full of holes.人行道上到处都是窟窿。There are holes in my socks.我的袜子上有几个洞。I've got a hole in my tooth.我的牙上有个洞。
2 [C] the place where an animal lives in the ground or in a tree (动物的)巢穴:
a mouse hole老鼠洞
3 [C] (in golf) the hole in the ground that you must hit the ball into. Each section of the land where you play(golf course)is also called a hole. (高尔夫球)球洞,球穴区:
an eighteen-hole golf course十八个洞的高尔夫球场
4 [sing] (informal 非正式) a small dark and unpleasant room, flat, etc 阴暗狭小的房间等:
This place is a hole -- you can't live here!这地方太糟了─你不能住在这儿!
hole1/hol; həʊl/n [C]1 an empty space 洞﹐孔﹔裂口: +in There's a hole in my shoe. 我的鞋上有个洞。They climbed through a hole in the fence. 他们从栅栏的缺口爬了过去。You’ll need to dig a nice big hole . 你得挖一个大大的洞。These socks are full of holes . 这双袜子满是破洞。2 in golf, one of the holes that you try to hit the ball into〔高尔夫球的〕球洞﹐球穴3 a hole in the ground that an animal lives in〔动物的〕窝﹐洞穴4 if there is a hole in something, it is not right, usually because something or someone is missing 空缺﹔漏洞﹐破绽: +in His death left a big hole in her life. 他的死使她的人生中出现了一个大空洞。Their theory is full of holes . 他们的理论漏洞百出。5 informal an unpleasant place【非正式】令人不舒服的地方6 informal a difficult situation【非正式】困境: We’re in a bit of a hole now. 我们现在处境有点儿困难。7 make a big hole in sth informal to use a large part of something, especially money【非正式】用去某物的大部分〔尤指钱财〕8 hole in one when you get the golf ball into the hole with your first hit〔高尔夫球运动中〕一杆进洞BLACK HOLE
hole2v hole up also 又作 be holed upphr v informal to hide or be hiding somewhere【非正式】躲藏