loophole

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈluːphəʊl/    美 /ˈluphoʊl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light. historical
    — […] and having a fair loophole, as it were, from a broken hole in the tree, he took a sure aim, without being seen, waiting till they were within about thirty yards of the tree, so that he could not miss.
  2. A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect. figuratively
    — Coupling the poor girl's intelligence with my previous knowledge, and the result of our good friend's inquiries on the spot, I left him no loophole of escape, and laid bare the whole villany which by these lights became plain as day.
动词 v.
  1. To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers transitive
    — The lower windows were barricaded, and the whole building loopholed for musketry fire.
  2. To exploit (a law, etc.) by means of loopholes. transitive
    — Abroad they had developed loopholing the law into an art; in Israel they jettisoned loopholing for ignoring the law wherever possible. Obeying laws was for naive fools.

词形变化

loopholes plural loop hole alternative loopholes present,singular,third-person loopholing participle,present loopholed participle,past loopholed past loop hole alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
legal vacuum

词源

词源 1
From Middle English loupe (“opening in a wall”) + hole, from a Germanic source. By surface analysis, loop + hole. Compare Medieval Latin loupa, lobia and Middle Dutch lupen (“to watch”).
词源 2
From Middle English loupe (“opening in a wall”) + hole, from a Germanic source. By surface analysis, loop + hole. Compare Medieval Latin loupa, lobia and Middle Dutch lupen (“to watch”).
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