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knothole

/not-hohl/US // ˈnɒtˌhoʊl //UK // (ˈnɒtˌhəʊl) //

疙瘩洞,疙瘩孔,坑洞,洞口

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hole in a board or plank formed by the falling out of a knot or a portion of a knot.

Examples

  • But Monte come to the shack and watched Cash through a knothole the size of one eye till Cash opened up his heart and the bag.

  • After dressing her in her new costume I turned her loose and watched through a knothole in the drive-shed.

  • There seemed to be a great owl hooting from every hollow tree, and a little one screeching from every knothole.

  • Peering out through a knothole in one of the boxes, she saw Mattie Williams and her partner, Sam.

  • Moreover, there was a knothole in the high wooden fence that inclosed the lower portion of the yard.