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hollow-ground

/hol-oh-ground/US // ˈhɒl oʊˈgraʊnd //

空心地,空心的,空心的地面,空心砖

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.

Examples

  • For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.

  • That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.

  • That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.

  • The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.

  • “I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” Carson tells Mrs. Hughes with trepidation.

  • A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.

  • He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.

  • The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.

  • Entrez donc, 'tis the work of one of your compatriots; and here, though a heretic, you may consider yourself on English ground.

  • Then the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.