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hellhole

/hel-hohl/US // ˈhɛlˌhoʊl //UK // (ˈhɛlˌhəʊl) //

鬼地方,地狱般的地方,地狱洞,鬼门关

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a place totally lacking in comfort, cleanliness, order, etc.
    • : a place or establishment noted for its illegal or immoral practices.

Examples

  • By 1994, when Fear Street Part 1 takes place, Shadyside has been known for generations as a full-on hellhole.

  • My parents retired to a total hellhole, not so much as a nearby playground, that requires a four-hour flight.

  • They'd tell you immediately that we need security around our ambassador in a hellhole like Benghazi.

  • “This place was a hellhole,” says Akram Mohamed Ramadan, a rebel fighter who came to visit the prison on Friday.

  • From these headquarters, Maria Leon and her family had turned the neighborhood into a hellhole.

  • At least I could comfort myself with the thought that the mom and kid got out of that hellhole alive.

  • How did you research that portrait of Aden, which seems like the most terrifying hellhole I can imagine?

  • The flag which floats over every hellhole of mine and mill and prison?

  • But near the Mammoth Hot Springs is a hellhole that did attract me.