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sinkhole

/singk-hohl/US // ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl //UK // (ˈsɪŋkˌhəʊl) //

落水洞,水坑,天坑,落水孔

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
    • : Also called sink. a depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.

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Examples

  • “About 20 feet down is limestone but that’s not an area that has had any sinkholes that I’m aware of,” he said.

  • A search of the Florida Geologic Survey’s site for sinkhole reports in the area of the condo’s address on Collins Avenue yields no results.

  • One of the possibilities that must be taken into consideration is whether a sinkhole or some type of collapse happened under the building, he said, but added that this area hasn’t been known for sinkholes.

  • While such spills can spontaneously erupt and create deadly sinkholes, the oil company promptly appealed the order.

  • Without access to the sinkhole, crime and poverty would increase.

  • Of course, the surge in sinkhole claims may not be purely natural.

  • LRE is a founding member of the Florida Association of Sinkhole Stabilization Specialists.

  • Nothing serves as a metaphor for Florida randomness quite like a sinkhole.

  • Had they all been paid, the 25,000 sinkhole claims filed between 2006 and 2010 would have cost $1.4 billion.

  • Insurance firms typically pick up the hefty bills for sinkhole remediation.

  • It was a little after noon, and the boys were eating dinner at the camp set up close to the creek at Sinkhole cabin.

  • Sudden permitted himself a snort, probably in agreement with Bill's statement that things were "gummed up" at Sinkhole.

  • Gliding parallel with a dry tributary of Sinkhole Creek, the plane side-slipped and came perilously close to disaster.

  • For there was water much nearer Tucker Bly's range, which was to the east of Sinkhole.

  • He had dared to assume that his presence there at Sinkhole was necessary to the welfare of the Rolling R!