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词汇 keyhole
释义 keyhole
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkiː.həʊl/ us /ˈkiː.hoʊl/

keyholenoun[C] (LOCK)


a hole in a lock that you put a key into锁眼,钥匙孔
 
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Building: locks & locksmithing
bolt
catch
closer
combination
combination lock
deadbolt
deadlock
fob
key
key box
key fob
key ring
keycard
keychain
lock
locksmith
master key
mortise lock
padlock
passkey

keyholenoun[C] (BASKETBALL)


informal
another word forfree-throw lane:
The losing team left far too many gaps in the keyhole.
Synonym
key
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Basketball, netball & volleyball
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turnover

keyhole | American Dictionary


keyhole
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkiˌhoʊl/
a hole in a lock into which a key fits

Examples of keyhole


keyhole
We can peer through keyholes, move through open doors, glide into adjoining halls and rooms.
A keyhole in the garden wall again underlines the importance of the composition, which simultaneously presents the public and private face of the marriage.
Outwardly the set was supremely simple, only a keyhole and a switch marring its exterior.
Here's a little peep through one or two of the keyholes.
Our societal progress has been forged from risk: doing the first surgery, and later keyhole surgery; sending a man into orbit, and then to the moon.
Keyhole surgery has also been subject to opprobrium.
However, there was no indication of a 'keyhole' having formed in the pool surface.
The repair can be made using keyhole surgery which, of course allows for the operation to take place without the patient's chest being opened-up, and the consequent trauma.
Only a keyhole, as it were, has to be dug.
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Throughout my life the gossip columns have been chasing after this kind of keyhole or earhole gossip.
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I visited both aerodromes, and one had only to look through the keyholes of these buildings to see them alive with rats.
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For example, the results of keyhole surgery and its effects on bed occupation have been dramatic.
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It is surely very much better to sit at the conference table rather than to sulk at the keyhole.
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I should be extremely surprised if the excluded children were not listening at the keyhole.
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Furthermore, we have not listened at keyholes as well as some other people.
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