hole

US: /ˈhoʊɫ/

UK: /hˈə‍ʊl/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

hole /'houl/
  • danh từ
    • lỗ, lỗ thủng; lỗ trống; lỗ khoan
    • lỗ đáo; lỗ đặt bóng (trong một số trò chơi)
    • chỗ sâu, chỗ trũng (ở dòng suối); hố
    • hang (chuột, chồn...)
    • túp lều tồi tàn, nhà ổ chuột
    • (thể dục,thể thao) điểm thắng (khi đánh được quả gôn từ lỗ nọ sang lỗ kia)
    • (hàng không) lỗ trống (trong không khí)
    • (kỹ thuật) rỗ kim, rỗ tổ ong
    • khuyết điểm; thiếu sót, lỗ hổng (bóng)
      • we found holes in his argument: trong lý lẽ của anh ta chúng tôi thấy có những lỗ hổng (thiếu sót)
    • (từ lóng) tình thế khó xử, hoàn cảnh lúng túng
      • to out somebody in a hole: đẩy ai vào một tình thế khó xử
      • to be in a devil of a hole: ở trong một tình thế hết sức lúng túng khó khăn
    • a hole in one's coast
      • (nghĩa bóng) vết nhơ đối với thanh danh của mình
    • a man with a hole in his coat: người mà thanh danh không phải hoàn toàn không có vết
    • to make a hole in
      • (nghĩa bóng) gây một chỗ trống lớn (trong ngân quỹ...)
    • lấy ra một phần lớn (cái hì...)
    • to pick holes in
      • tìm khuyết điểm, bới lông tìm vết
    • a round peg in a square hole
      • a square peg in a round hole
        • nồi tròn vung méo, người đặt không đúng chỗ, người bố trí không thích hợp với công tác
    • ngoại động từ
      • đào lỗ, đục lỗ; chọc thủng, làm thủng
      • (thể dục,thể thao) để vào lỗ, đánh vào lỗ
      • đào (hầm), khoan (giếng)
      • nội động từ
        • thủng
        • (thể dục,thể thao) đánh bóng vào lỗ (đánh gôn)
        • (ngành mỏ) đào hầm thông (từ hầm này sang hầm khác)
        • nấp trốn trong hang (thú vật)

      Advanced English dictionary

      noun, verb
      + noun
      hollow space
      1 [C] a hollow space in sth solid or in the surface of sth: He dug a deep hole in the garden. + The bomb blew a huge hole in the ground. + Water had collected in the holes in the road.
      opening
      2 [C] a space or opening that goes all the way through sth
      Synonym: GAP
      to drill / bore / punch / kick a hole in sth + There were holes in the knees of his trousers. + The children climbed through a hole in the fence. + a bullet hole + the hole in the ozone layer
      see also OZONE HOLE
      animal's home
      3 [C] the home of a small animal: a rabbit / mouse hole
      see also BOLT-HOLE
      Compare: FOXHOLE, PIGEON-HOLE
      unpleasant place
      4 [C, usually sing.] (informal, disapproving) an unpleasant place to live or be in: I am not going to bring up my child in this hole.
      see also HELLHOLE
      in golf
      5 [C] 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.
      fault / weakness
      6 [C, usually pl.] a fault or weakness in sth such as a plan, law or story: He was found not guilty because of holes in the prosecution case. + I don't believe what she says-her story is full of holes.
      see also LOOPHOLE
      empty place / position
      7 [sing.] a place or position that needs to be filled because sb/sth 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.
      Help Note: There are many other compounds ending in hole. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
      Idioms: in a hole (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 (AmE, informal) in debt; owing money: We start the current fiscal year $30 million in the hole.
      make a hole in sth to use up a large amount of sth that you have, especially money: School fees can make a big hole in your savings.
      more at ACE n., BURN v., DIG v., PICK v.
      + verb
      make a hole
      1 [VN] [usually passive] to make a hole or holes in sth, especially a boat or ship: The ship had been holed by a missile. + The hull was holed in several places.
      in golf
      2 ~ (out) to hit a golf ball into the hole: [VN] She holed a 25 foot putt. + [V] She holed out from 25 feet.
      Phrasal Verbs: hole up
      be holed up (informal) to hide in a place: He'll hole up now and move again tomorrow, after dark. + We believe the gang are holed up in the mountains.

      Thesaurus dictionary

      n.
      1 cavity, pit, hollow, excavation, burrow, crater, cavern, cave, recess, niche, nook, pocket, depression, indentation, dent, impression:
      The snake disappeared into a hole in the rock.
      2 opening, aperture, orifice, perforation, puncture, slit, slot, breach, rip, tear, rent, break, crack, fissure:
      The water poured through a hole in the pipe.
      3 hole in the wall, shack, hut, shanty, slum, hovel; Slang dump, dive, joint:
      How can anyone live in such a hole? She finally got a job dancing in some hole downtown
      4 cell, prison, dungeon, donjon, keep, jail, oubliette, brig, cage:
      When he refused to talk, they put him in the hole for a week.
      5 difficulty, trouble, dilemma, predicament, situation, fix, corner, Colloq (tight) spot, hot water, scrape, box, bind, pickle, catch-22, mess, muddle:
      She really got herself into a hole with the tax man.
      6 flaw, shortcoming, inconsistency, fault, error, mistake, fallacy, discrepancy, loophole:
      He never offers anything original but is always ready to pick holes in any suggestion you make.
      v.
      7 puncture, pierce, perforate:
      A floating log holed the hull and the boat went down with all aboard.

      Collocation

      ADJ.

      big, deep, gaping, great, huge, large, massive, yawning | small, tiny | circular, round | jagged, ragged
      The missile had torn a jagged hole in the side of the ship.
      | neat | bullet
      The wall was full of bullet holes.
      | mouse, rabbit, etc.

      VERB + HOLE

      bore, break, cut, dig, drill, make, punch, tear, wear
      We dug a deep hole to bury the animals in. She punched two holes in each sheet of paper. He had worn a hole in the knees of his trousers.
      | fill (in), plug
      I uprooted the tree and filled the hole with earth. We used cement to plug the holes.

      PREP.

      down a/the ~
      The snake disappeared down a hole.
      | in a/the ~
      There was water in the hole.
      | through a/the ~
      We climbed through the hole.
      | ~ in
      I used a skewer to make an extra hole in my belt.

      PHRASES

      full of holes
      The old blankets were now full of holes.
      | riddled with holes
      The car was riddled with bullet holes.


      Concise dictionary

      holes|holed|holinghəʊl
      noun
      +an opening into or through something
      +an opening deliberately made in or through something
      +one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
      +an unoccupied space
      +a depression hollowed out of solid matter
      +a fault
      +informal terms for a difficult situation
      +informal terms for the mouth
      verb
      +hit the ball into the hole
      +make holes in

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