| 词汇 | plughole |
| 释义 | plughole noun[ C ] UKuk /ˈplʌɡ.həʊl/ us /ˈplʌɡ.hoʊl/(USdrain) a hole in a bath, sink, etc. through which water flows away and into which you can put a plug（浴缸、洗涤槽等的）排水孔，渗水孔 phanasitti/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Building: plumbing, pipes & sewage ballcock black water catch basin caulking cesspit gurgler hot-water tank hydrant influent isolator leakage plumb plunger sewage sewage works sewer siphon spigot standpipe waterworks You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Bathroom fixtures & fittings Examples of plugholeplughole Other attractive babies, too, could disappear down the plughole with the mutual bathwater. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we had a recovery of any scale, the balance of payments would go right down the plughole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The school has been wrecked, teacher morale has gone down the plughole and children are expected to study on a building site. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should they be washed down the plughole with the rest of the bathwater? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that as though the £16 million would be wasted and would disappear down the plughole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But if there are two plugholes in a bath it is no use stopping up one without stopping up the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One industry after another has gone down the plughole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we finish with them, presumably they can be flushed down the lavatory or put down the plughole, it matters not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is no home market, these firms will go down the plughole as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In seeking to improve the quality of the bathwater we have put the baby well and truly down the plughole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The road race is a plughole down which ratepayers' and poll tax payers' money will be poured unless it is stopped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is simply a revenue plughole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That principle has gone down the plughole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These uncontrolled spillway devices are also called "morning glory", "plughole", "glory hole" or "bell-mouth" spillways. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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