Tra từ hole - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hole [hole holes holed holing] noun, verb BrE [həʊl] NAmE [hoʊl]
noun

HOLLOW SPACE
1. countable 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. countable a space or opening that goes all the way through sth
•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. countable the home of a small animal
•a rabbit/mouse, etc. hole
compare ↑foxhole, ↑pigeonhole
see also ↑bolt-hole

UNPLEASANT PLACE
4. countable, usually singular (informal, disapproving)an unpleasant place to live or be in
Syn: ↑dump
•I am not going to bring up my child in this hole.
see also ↑hellhole

IN GOLF
5. 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.

FAULT/WEAKNESS
6. countable, usually plural 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. singular 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. There are many other compounds ending in hole. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
more at an ace in the hole at ↑ace _n., burn a hole in your pocket at ↑burn _v., dig yourself into a hole at ↑dig _v., pick holes in sth at ↑pick _v., a square peg (in a round hole) at ↑square _adj.

Word Origin:
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’.

Thesaurus:
hole noun
1. C
•We dug a deep hole in the ground.
pit • • crater • • hollow • |formal technical cavity •
a hole/pit/crater/hollow/cavity in sth
a deep/shallow hole/pit/crater/hollow
dig a hole/pit
Hole or pit? A pit is always large and in the ground; a hole can be any size and in anything. Pit, but not hole, is often used with a figurative meaning:
• (figurative) The human mind is a dark, bottomless pit.
✗ The human mind is a dark, bottomless hole.
2. C
•There's a hole in your jeans.
gap • • space • • opening • • slot • |formal technical aperture •
a/an hole/gap/space/opening/slot/aperture in sth
leave a/an hole/gap/space/opening
make a/an hole/opening/slot

Example Bank:
•He had worn a hole in the knees of his trousers.
•I made an extra hole in my belt.
•I uprooted the tree and filled the hole with earth.
•I used a skewer to make an extra hole in my belt.
•She punched two holes in each sheet of paper.
•The car was riddled with bullet holes.
•The missile had torn a jagged hole in the side of the ship.
•The old blankets were now full of holes.
•The snake disappeared down a hole.
•The wall was full of bullet holes.
•There was water in the hole.
•We climbed through the hole.
•We dug a deep hole to bury the animals in.
•We used cement to plug the holes.
•Buying the new equipment left a big hole in the company's finances.
•He managed to dig out a small snow hole.
•I've got a chocolate-bar-sized hole in my stomach.
•She drilled a small hole in the wall.
•She won by one hole.
•There were holes in the knees of his jeans.
•Water had collected in holes in the road.
•a bullet hole
•an operation for a hole in her heart
Idioms: ↑in a hole ▪ ↑in the hole ▪ ↑make a hole in something
Derived: ↑hole up ▪ ↑holed up

verb

MAKE A HOLE
1. transitive, usually passive ~ sth 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. transitive, intransitive to hit a ↑golf ball into the hole
•~ sth She holed a 25 foot putt.
•~ (out) She holed out from 25 feet.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
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’.