A deep, wide-mouthed hollow or excavation; a hole, a pit. Also: a place of burial or sacrifice, a grave. rare and poetic or historical in later use.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > deep (6) fosse?a1425 A deep, wide-mouthed hollow or excavation; a hole, a pit. Also: a place of burial or sacrifice, a grave. rare and poetic or historical in later use. bisme1664 An abysm; a deep pit. bore1674 A deep vertical hole of small diameter, bored into the earth to ascertain the nature of the underlying strata, or to obtain water. In Australia… bore-hole1708 a more usual synonym of 3. boring1860 The action of piercing, perforating, making a bore-hole, etc.; also concrete = bore-hole n. at bore, n.1 compounds. blowhole1891 A hole through which air or gas escapes (see quots.); spec. for the escape of foul air from underground passages, of steam from railway tunnels… |
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