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| ace in the hole n | figurative, slang (asset, trump) | ميزة |
| | (مجازي) | ورقة رابحة |
| | Gloria's ace in the hole is her fantastic singing voice. |
| ace in the hole n | figurative, slang (hidden advantage) (مجازي) | ورقة رابحة |
| | (مجازي) | سلاح خفي |
| | The manager decided it was time to reveal his ace in the hole, and brought on striker Wayne Rooney. |
| air hole n | (opening to admit or release air) (لدخول أو خروج الهواء) | فتحة هواء |
| air hole n | (pond, river: opening in ice) (في نهر أو بركة) | فتحة في الجليد |
| air hole n | (aeronautics: air pocket) (في علم الطيران) | جيب هوائي |
| air pocket n | (aeronautics: current of air) | جيب هوائي، مطب |
| | When the plane hit an air pocket, the turbulence knocked the flight attendants off their feet. |
| black hole n | (space: area with strong gravity) (في الفضاء) | ثقب أسود |
| | A black hole has strong gravitational pull. |
| black hole n | figurative (place, etc. where [sth] disappears) (مجازي: حيث يختفي فيه شيء) | بالوعة، شفّاطة |
| | This closet is a black hole for shirts! I can never find the one I need. |
Black Hole of Calcutta,
Black Hole n | (18th century dungeon) (تسمية لزنزانة في القرن 18) | ثقب كالكوتا الأسود |
Black Hole of Calcutta,
Black Hole n | figurative (a wretched place) | بؤرة سيئة، بؤرة مكتظّة |
| blind hole | (golf) (في الغولف) | ثقب مخفيّ |
bolthole,
bolt-hole n | mainly UK (hideout, place to escape to) | مخبأ، ملجأ |
| bore hole n | (hole drilled into the ground) | حفرة مثقوبة |
| bullet hole n | (hole made by a fired bullet) | ثقب من رصاصة |
| | The bullet hole through his chest marked the path the bullet took as it flew through him. |
| burn a hole in your pocket v expr | US (eager to spend money) | معه مال لا يعرف كيف يصرفه، متلهّف ليصرف ماله |
cash machine,
cash dispenser,
hole in the wall n | UK (money dispenser) | صراف آلي |
| | I'll have to get some money out of the cash machine before I can go shopping. |
drill hole,
drillhole n | (hole made by boring) | خُرم، ثقب الحَفر |
| fill a hole v expr | informal (satisfy hunger) | يسدّ الجوع |
| | Well, that wasn't the best pizza I've ever eaten, but it filled a hole. |
| glory hole n | (mine shaft) | مهواة منجم |
| glory hole n | (hole in a wall used for sex acts) | فتحة جدار لممارسة جنس |
| | The glory hole was a bit too low so I found I had to kneel on the floor. |
| golf hole n | (one of 18 areas of a golf course) | حفرة غولف، ثقب غولف |
hawsehole,
hawse hole,
hawse-hole,
hawse n | (boat: hole for anchor rope) (في القوارب) | ثقب حبل الارتساء |
hidey-hole,
hidy-hole n | (small hiding place) | مخبأ |
hole in one,
hole-in-one n | (golf: one stroke) (في الغولف) | هدف بضربة واحدة |
| | At 103 years old, Gus Andreone is the oldest golfer to ever record a hole in one. |
| hole in the wall n | UK, informal (ATM, cashpoint) | الصرّاف الآليّ |
| | I need to go to the hole in the wall to get some cash. |
| hole in the wall n | US, figurative, informal (small unprepossessing place) | مكان صغير عاديّ، مكان مُنزَوٍ |
hole punch,
hole-puncher,
punch n | (device for making holes in documents) | ثقّابة، ثقّابة ورق، ثقّابة ملفّات، خرّامة |
hole saw,
crown saw,
cylinder saw n | (rotary saw) | منشار ثاقب، منشار تثقيب |
| hole-in-the-wall n as adj | (shop, etc.: small, hard to notice) | صغير، مخبَّأ، في موقع غير لافت |
hole-puncher,
hole punch n | (device: makes holes in documents) | ثقّابة أوراق |
| | I use a hole-puncher to put holes in the pages and then put them in my binder. |
| in a hole adv | UK, informal, figurative (trapped in a situation) | في ورطة، في وضع حرج |
| | After losing his job, Joseph found himself in a hole from which he couldn't make his way out. |
| in the hole expr | US, figurative, informal (in debt) | مديون |
| in the hole expr | (sports: with a score below zero) | تحت الصفر |
judas,
judas hole n | (peephole into prison cell) (في زنزانة) | ثقب الباب، عين الباب |
| make a hole in [sth] v expr | (puncture) | يثقب شيئًا |
| | It was a piece of glass that made the hole in your tyre. |
ozone hole,
hole in the ozone layer n | (caused by pollution) | ثقب الأوزون، ثقب في طبقة الأوزون |
pigeonhole,
also UK: pigeon-hole n | (mail compartment) | فتحة صندوق البريد |
| | Fredrik put a copy of the memo in everyone's pigeonhole. |
pigeonhole,
also UK: pigeon-hole n | (coop for pigeons) | بيت الحمام |
| | The pigeons sat cooing in their pigeonholes. |
pigeonhole [sb/sth],
also UK: pigeon-hole [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (categorize) | يصنّف أشخاصًا/أشياء |
| | The baseball coach pigeonholed his pitchers and wouldn't let them play other positions. |
pigeonhole [sb/sth] as [sth],
also UK: pigeon-hole [sb/sth] as [sth] vtr + prep | figurative (categorize as) | يصنّف شخصًا/شيئًا على أنه شيء |
| | The media pigeonholed the demonstrators as "communists and anarchists." |
| pop-hole n | (opening in a chicken coop) | باب القنّ، باب الخمّ |
pothole,
kettle hole,
kettle n | (cylindrical hole in rock) (حفرة أسطوانية في الصخر) | حفرة دائرية، حفرة قدوريّة |
| | She descended into the cave via a pothole. |
| punch a hole in [sth] v expr | (perforate) | يثقب شيئًا |
| rabbit hole n | (opening of a rabbit's burrow) | جحر أرنب، فتحة جحر أرنب |
| | The small dog disappeared down a rabbit hole. |
| rabbit hole n | figurative (strange, surreal situation) | وضع غريب، عملية معقدة |
| shell hole n | (hole made by bomb) (حفرة تسببت بها قذيفة) | حفرة قذيفة |
s***hole,
s***-hole n | vulgar, offensive!, informal (dirty, disgusting place) | مكان قذر، مكان مقزِّز |
s***hole,
s***-hole n as adj | vulgar, offensive!, informal (dirty, disgusting) | قذر، مقزِّز |
| swimming hole n | (in stream, etc.: place to swim) | بركة نهر للسباحة |
| toad-in-the-hole n | UK (British sausage dish) (أكلة بريطانية) | قالب بالسجق |
toad-in-the-hole,
egg-in-the-basket n | US (egg cooked in bread) (بيضة تقلى في ثقب في شريحة خبز) | بيضة في خبزة |
waterhole,
water hole n | (natural pool of drinking water) | بركة ماء للشرب |
watering place,
watering hole,
waterhole,
water hole n | (pool where animals drink) (للحيوانات) | بركة شرب |
| | On safari animals can often be seen coming down to the watering hole. |
watering place,
watering hole,
watering spot n | slang (bar) | مشرب، حانة |
| | We found the drunk at his usual watering hole. |