hole

I [həʊl]

nome

1) (in clothing, hedge, pocket) buco m.

2) (in wall) breccia f., buco m., foro m.

3) BE (in tooth) buco m.

4) aut. (in road) buca f.

5) fig. (flaw) imperfezione f., difetto m.

to pick holes in an argument — trovare i punti deboli di un ragionamento

6) (of mouse, fox, rabbit) tana f.

7)

a hole in the ozone layer — un buco nell'ozono

8) (financial) buco m.

that holiday made a hole in my pocket — le vacanze mi hanno lasciato al verde

9) colloq. spreg. (place) buco m., catapecchia f.

10) sport (golf) buca f.

a nine-hole golf course — un percorso a nove buche

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to get sb. out of a hole — tirare fuori qcn. dai pasticci

II 1. [həʊl]

verbo transitivo mar. [iceberg] squarciare il fianco di [ship]

2.

verbo intransitivo (in golf) fare una buca

- hole out

- hole up

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[həul] 1. noun

1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) buco

2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) cavità, buco

3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.) buca

2. verb

1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) bucare; squarciare

2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) mettere/mandare in buca

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- hole out

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I [həʊl]

nome

1) (in clothing, hedge, pocket) buco m.

2) (in wall) breccia f., buco m., foro m.

3) BE (in tooth) buco m.

4) aut. (in road) buca f.

5) fig. (flaw) imperfezione f., difetto m.

to pick holes in an argument — trovare i punti deboli di un ragionamento

6) (of mouse, fox, rabbit) tana f.

7)

a hole in the ozone layer — un buco nell'ozono

8) (financial) buco m.

that holiday made a hole in my pocket — le vacanze mi hanno lasciato al verde

9) colloq. spreg. (place) buco m., catapecchia f.

10) sport (golf) buca f.

a nine-hole golf course — un percorso a nove buche

••

to get sb. out of a hole — tirare fuori qcn. dai pasticci

II 1. [həʊl]

verbo transitivo mar. [iceberg] squarciare il fianco di [ship]

2.

verbo intransitivo (in golf) fare una buca

- hole out

- hole up