perforate formal to make a hole or holes in something
Fragments of the bullet had perforated his intestines.
drill to make a hole using a special tool, often one which turns round and round very quickly
The dentist started drilling a hole in my tooth.
They won a contract to drill for oil in the area.
bore to make a deep round hole through a rock, into the ground etc
They had to bore through solid rock.
The men were boring a hole for the tunnel.
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hole• A fox had dug a hole under our gardenfence.• I can't wear my greenshirt -- it has a hole in it.• The aim is to get the ball in a hole in the ground.• Make a hole in the bottom of each plantpot to let the water drain out.• A shaft of light came in through a hole in the corrugated ironroof.• Troy looked through a hole in the fence at the garden next door.• There are holes in the ozonelayerabove Antarctica.• a bullethole• The old mineshaft had left a deep hole, dangerous to both people and livestock.• Constructionworkers have to dig a thousand foothole before work can start on the tunnel.• They stared at the gapinghole in the wall.• The sheet was ancient and full of holes.• We made a small hole in the earth, just deep enough to cover the roots of the plant.• She stuck her finger through the hole.• Water trickled in through the hole in the roof.• I have to get out of this hole.
hole in• All my jeans have holes in the knees.• How can I fill the holes in my driveway cheaply?
full of holes• Levitt concluded that the article was full of holes.
3.hole outphrasal verbphr vto hit the ball into a hole in golf 〔高尔夫球运动中〕击(球)入洞
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hole out• From there, he was bunkered by the green and took three more to hole out.• There's no hole out there.
4hole up (also be holed up)phrasal verbphr v informalHIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto hide somewhere for a period of time 躲藏
in/with/at
The gunmen are still holed up in the town.
那几个持枪歹徒仍然躲在镇上。
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hole up• The gangholed up in a cheaphotel for a few weeks.• The FBI believes that Richards is holed up on an estate in Colombia.• We were all planning to hole uptill the troubleblew over.