| 释义 |
keyhole
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: key (I) + hole
1. : a hole or aperture (as in a door or lock) for receiving a key
2.
a. : a hole or groove in beams intended to be joined together to receive the key that fastens them
b. : a slot for a key or cotter
3. : a hole made by a bullet that has keyholed
4. : the free-throw area in basketball
II. intransitive verb
Etymology: keyhole (I); from the shape of the hole made by the bullet
of a bullet : to strike a target when (as from tumbling or ricocheting) the long axis of the bullet is not in the same line as the line of flight
III. adjective
Etymology: keyhole (I)
1. : revealingly intimate : inside
< a keyhole report >
< a keyhole view of private lives >
< intimate, almost keyhole narrative portrait — New Yorker >
2. : intent on revealing intimate details
< continual nursing of demagogic power in the hands of a few keyhole columnists — Erwin Canham > |