unhole

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which is not a hole; in particular, that which fills or formerly filled a hole.
    — (2) […] If there is no pin, hole or lever in a given position, we talk about unpins, unholes and unlevers. (3) No locks have levers behind unholes, because such a lock could never be opened.
动词 v.
  1. To remove or drive out (a creature, a button, etc) from a hole. transitive
    — [...] superior to other dogs at entering the hole after them, and driving them out or destroying them in the earth, if otherwise they cannot unhole them. The tumbler is chiefly for coney-warrens, where he displays much cunning and sagacity in taking and destroying rabbits[…]

词形变化

unholes present,singular,third-person unholing participle,present unholed participle,past unholed past unholes plural

词源

词源 1
From un- (reversive prefix) + hole.
词源 2
From un- (not) + hole.
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