sinkholen.

Brit.

/ˈsɪŋkhəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl/

Forms: see sink n.¹ and hole n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sink n.¹, hole n.

Etymology: < sink n.¹ + hole n.

a. A hole or hollow in which waste matter collects or is thrown; a cesspit. Also: the hole or pipe that drains waste water from a sink. Also figurative.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit

sink1413

midden pita1425

sinkhole1456

suspiralc1512

sentine1537

dung pit1598

muck pit1598

sinker1623

bumby1632

sump1680

sump hole1754

jaw-hole1760

recess1764

cesspool1783

dead-hole1856

soil-tank1861

cesspit1864

lagoon1909

sewage lagoon1930

1456 in Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey 471 Following the said strind to the Sinkehole, and fro' Sinkeholl..into the Black polles.

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. D vii b James of the Synkhole (sauyng your reuerence) a frier forsooth that wrote the Legendaurie.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 152 Wee satt at y^e sterne,..but now we haue no place allowed vs, no not scarsely next the pump, or the sinck-hole.

1587 W. Gravet Sermon 50 Away with it therefore as a sinke-hole of all iniquitie.

a1625 J. Fletcher Wife for Moneth v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iiiiii/1 Thou wilt be hang'd as handsomly..as if thou wert Heire apparent To all the impious Suburbs, and the sink-holes.

1665 M. Nedham Medela Medicinæ 89 Instead of clearing the body of Scorbutick Humors, they drain the best Juices down through the common Sink-hole.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 132 This passage, or rather sink-hole, as being very steep and shelving,..goes sloaping down Seventy six Foot.

1742 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved (ed. 3) II. xxx. 161 I saw..a Standard Nectarine-tree..which grew near a Sink-hole, almost at the Back-door of a House.

1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Apr. 428 The law is to be made a sink-hole for the storing-up of old abuses.

1860 ‘P. Paradox’ Land of Kelt II. vi. 230 There was in one corner of my dungeon a covered sink-hole, for carrying off the filth..protected by a grating.

1924 W. A. Hardenbergh Home Sewage Disposal x. 121 Some few places dispose of excreta by dumping it into a sinkhole or pit. There is little to commend this practice.

1984 Jrnl. Physical Soc. Japan 53 1026/1 In our daily life we see vortices formed around the sinkhole of the bath-tub or the kitchen sink.

1988 P. Carey Oscar & Lucinda vi. 23 Hennacombe was the sump, the sink-hole of the Anglican Church.

2009 Independent 14 Dec. 23/3 Billions of dollars have disappeared down a tabloid sinkhole.

b. U.S. An unprofitable undertaking which is carried on in spite of losses.

ΚΠ

1874 Voice of Peace July 63/1 The Indian Bureau has been a great sinkhole of the public money.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Sinkhole,..An exceedingly unremunerative undertaking carried on in spite of losses.

1952 Z. L. Schiller Candle for Star 174 This project can easily develop into a sinkhole... If I were you I'd let them struggle it out the best way they can.

1994 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. e 4/3 Social Security..will become the sort of economic sinkhole early in the next century that Medicare is becoming now.

2003 B. D. Fromson Hitting Jackpot xi. 85 Mr. Pizza under Bell's management was a financial sinkhole. Instead of creating a river of revenue..the restaurant produced an ever-widening stream of losses.

2. A hole or depression in the ground formed as the result of erosion or collapse of underlying rock, soil, etc.; esp. a cavity resulting from dissolution of rock (typically limestone) by water, often providing a route for the escape of surface water; a swallow hole.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > pot-hole or swallow-hole

water sink1553

swallow1610

swallow-hole1660

estuary1665

swallet1668

cockpit1683

sinkhole1772

sink1791

pot1797

water-swallow1811

shake-hole1823

pothole1826

fleet-hole1839

spout hole1849

katavothron1869

ponor1890

sump1951

1772 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 29 Dec. (1997) I. 280 ‘The Sink hole lands.’ 10,000. a[cre]s. might be included in one grant.

1780 W. Fleming Diary 20 Mar. in N. D. Mereness Trav. Amer. Colonies (1916) 639 Springs..appear again either in Sink holes immediately vanishing or bursting out.

1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. ii. 106 The number of funnels, or sink holes, formed by the washing of the earth into fissures of the limestone rock.

1946 N.Z. Geol. Surv. Bull. No. 41. 20 The drainage of this limestone dip-slope area is mostly underground by means of sink-holes.

2016 Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 30 Sept. 1/3 (caption) Residents of Tangle Ridge Trail are blocked in after heavy rain caused a sink hole.

3. North American. A concealed expanse of water in a swamp; muskeg.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun]

marsheOE

fenc888

sladec893

moorOE

mossOE

marshlandlOE

lay-fena1225

lay-mirea1225

moor-fenc1275

flosha1300

strother?a1300

marish1327

carrc1330

waterlanda1382

gaseync1400

quaba1425

paludec1425

mersec1440

sumpa1450

palus?1473

wash1483

morass1489

oozea1500

bog?a1513

danka1522

fell1538

soga1552

Camarine1576

gog1583

swale1584

sink1594

haga1600

mere1609

flata1616

swamp1624

pocosin1634

frogland1651

slash1652

poldera1669

savannah1671

pond-land1686

red bog1686

swang1691

slack1719

flowa1740

wetland1743

purgatory1760

curragh1780

squall1784

marais1793

vlei1793

muskeg1806

bog-pit1820

prairie1820

fenhood1834

pakihi1851

terai1852

sponge1856

takyr1864

boglet1869

sinkhole1885

grimpen1902

sphagnum bog1911

blanket bog1939

string bog1959

the world > the earth > water > body of water > still or standing water > [noun] > in bog

bog-water1847

sinkhole1885

1885 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 17 332 It is strange in this far northern clime to find vegetation growing so rank as to build up land in the water. Yet the muskeg or sink-hole of these vast swamps is the outgrowth of such floating islands as surprised the Spaniards in the Lake of Tezcuco.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 1674/2 Sink-hole,..5. A place in a marsh where it is too soft to make a road, and which the winter's cold does not freeze over.

1970 P. Berton National Dream vii. iv. 284 There were the notorious sinkholes—little lakes over which a thick crust of vegetable matter had formed and into which the line might tumble at any time.

2005 A. Bradford Legends of Nevermore Country 96 The sucking, mushy sounds his feet made and the resistance he felt when he moved them made him think of Big Sister Beth. The words ‘boggy sink-holes’ rang loud in his head like she was standing right there.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sinkhole
释义	sinkholen. Brit. /ˈsɪŋkhəʊl/, U.S. /ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl/ Forms: see sink n.¹ and hole n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sink n.¹, hole n. Etymology: < sink n.¹ + hole n. 1. a. A hole or hollow in which waste matter collects or is thrown; a cesspit. Also: the hole or pipe that drains waste water from a sink. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit sink1413 midden pita1425 sinkhole1456 suspiralc1512 sentine1537 dung pit1598 muck pit1598 sinker1623 bumby1632 sump1680 sump hole1754 jaw-hole1760 recess1764 cesspool1783 dead-hole1856 soil-tank1861 cesspit1864 lagoon1909 sewage lagoon1930 1456 in Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey 471 Following the said strind to the Sinkehole, and fro' Sinkeholl..into the Black polles. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. D vii b James of the Synkhole (sauyng your reuerence) a frier forsooth that wrote the Legendaurie. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 152 Wee satt at y^e sterne,..but now we haue no place allowed vs, no not scarsely next the pump, or the sinck-hole. 1587 W. Gravet Sermon 50 Away with it therefore as a sinke-hole of all iniquitie. a1625 J. Fletcher Wife for Moneth v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iiiiii/1 Thou wilt be hang'd as handsomly..as if thou wert Heire apparent To all the impious Suburbs, and the sink-holes. 1665 M. Nedham Medela Medicinæ 89 Instead of clearing the body of Scorbutick Humors, they drain the best Juices down through the common Sink-hole. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 132 This passage, or rather sink-hole, as being very steep and shelving,..goes sloaping down Seventy six Foot. 1742 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved (ed. 3) II. xxx. 161 I saw..a Standard Nectarine-tree..which grew near a Sink-hole, almost at the Back-door of a House. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Apr. 428 The law is to be made a sink-hole for the storing-up of old abuses. 1860 ‘P. Paradox’ Land of Kelt II. vi. 230 There was in one corner of my dungeon a covered sink-hole, for carrying off the filth..protected by a grating. 1924 W. A. Hardenbergh Home Sewage Disposal x. 121 Some few places dispose of excreta by dumping it into a sinkhole or pit. There is little to commend this practice. 1984 Jrnl. Physical Soc. Japan 53 1026/1 In our daily life we see vortices formed around the sinkhole of the bath-tub or the kitchen sink. 1988 P. Carey Oscar & Lucinda vi. 23 Hennacombe was the sump, the sink-hole of the Anglican Church. 2009 Independent 14 Dec. 23/3 Billions of dollars have disappeared down a tabloid sinkhole. b. U.S. An unprofitable undertaking which is carried on in spite of losses. ΚΠ 1874 Voice of Peace July 63/1 The Indian Bureau has been a great sinkhole of the public money. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Sinkhole,..An exceedingly unremunerative undertaking carried on in spite of losses. 1952 Z. L. Schiller Candle for Star 174 This project can easily develop into a sinkhole... If I were you I'd let them struggle it out the best way they can. 1994 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. e 4/3 Social Security..will become the sort of economic sinkhole early in the next century that Medicare is becoming now. 2003 B. D. Fromson Hitting Jackpot xi. 85 Mr. Pizza under Bell's management was a financial sinkhole. Instead of creating a river of revenue..the restaurant produced an ever-widening stream of losses. 2. A hole or depression in the ground formed as the result of erosion or collapse of underlying rock, soil, etc.; esp. a cavity resulting from dissolution of rock (typically limestone) by water, often providing a route for the escape of surface water; a swallow hole. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > pot-hole or swallow-hole water sink1553 swallow1610 swallow-hole1660 estuary1665 swallet1668 cockpit1683 sinkhole1772 sink1791 pot1797 water-swallow1811 shake-hole1823 pothole1826 fleet-hole1839 spout hole1849 katavothron1869 ponor1890 sump1951 1772 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 29 Dec. (1997) I. 280 ‘The Sink hole lands.’ 10,000. a[cre]s. might be included in one grant. 1780 W. Fleming Diary 20 Mar. in N. D. Mereness Trav. Amer. Colonies (1916) 639 Springs..appear again either in Sink holes immediately vanishing or bursting out. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. ii. 106 The number of funnels, or sink holes, formed by the washing of the earth into fissures of the limestone rock. 1946 N.Z. Geol. Surv. Bull. No. 41. 20 The drainage of this limestone dip-slope area is mostly underground by means of sink-holes. 2016 Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 30 Sept. 1/3 (caption) Residents of Tangle Ridge Trail are blocked in after heavy rain caused a sink hole. 3. North American. A concealed expanse of water in a swamp; muskeg. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] marsheOE fenc888 sladec893 moorOE mossOE marshlandlOE lay-fena1225 lay-mirea1225 moor-fenc1275 flosha1300 strother?a1300 marish1327 carrc1330 waterlanda1382 gaseync1400 quaba1425 paludec1425 mersec1440 sumpa1450 palus?1473 wash1483 morass1489 oozea1500 bog?a1513 danka1522 fell1538 soga1552 Camarine1576 gog1583 swale1584 sink1594 haga1600 mere1609 flata1616 swamp1624 pocosin1634 frogland1651 slash1652 poldera1669 savannah1671 pond-land1686 red bog1686 swang1691 slack1719 flowa1740 wetland1743 purgatory1760 curragh1780 squall1784 marais1793 vlei1793 muskeg1806 bog-pit1820 prairie1820 fenhood1834 pakihi1851 terai1852 sponge1856 takyr1864 boglet1869 sinkhole1885 grimpen1902 sphagnum bog1911 blanket bog1939 string bog1959 the world > the earth > water > body of water > still or standing water > [noun] > in bog bog-water1847 sinkhole1885 1885 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 17 332 It is strange in this far northern clime to find vegetation growing so rank as to build up land in the water. Yet the muskeg or sink-hole of these vast swamps is the outgrowth of such floating islands as surprised the Spaniards in the Lake of Tezcuco. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 1674/2 Sink-hole,..5. A place in a marsh where it is too soft to make a road, and which the winter's cold does not freeze over. 1970 P. Berton National Dream vii. iv. 284 There were the notorious sinkholes—little lakes over which a thick crust of vegetable matter had formed and into which the line might tumble at any time. 2005 A. Bradford Legends of Nevermore Country 96 The sucking, mushy sounds his feet made and the resistance he felt when he moved them made him think of Big Sister Beth. The words ‘boggy sink-holes’ rang loud in his head like she was standing right there. 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