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词汇 potholing
释义 potholing
noun[ U ]
UKuk /ˈpɒtˌhəʊ.lɪŋ/ us /ˈpɑːtˌhoʊ.lɪŋ/(USspelunking)
a sport that involves walking and climbing in underground caves 洞穴探索(运动)
Synonym
caving
 
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People may grumble about potholing, but it is a magnificent sport for those who have the life, limbs and lungs to do it.
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We want some of our people to use the potholing facilities and more attention should be paid to the rescue facilities in some areas.
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Clause 2 permits occupiers more safely to allow public access for potholing and other recreations.
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I could repeat the same arguments for potholing.
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The association is one of the greatest providers of outdoor activities, including canoeing, sailing, mountaineering, abseiling, potholing or orienteering.
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Anybody who is venturesome and likes exploring caves could do some potholing in these unadopted streets.
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I am sure that people who go into the countryside for recreation—whether for climbing, potholing or water sports — are well aware that they are responsible for their own safety.
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Motor sports endanger spectators, and mountaineering, potholing, and sports of that nature, endanger rescuers.
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Reportage of our debates will in future be treated as a specialist interest like potholing or collecting stamps, to be put in an exclusive ghetto of broadcasting wavelengths.
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The term "speleology" is also sometimes applied to the recreational activity of exploring caves, but this is more properly known as caving, spelunking or potholing.
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When conventional locating is unworkable due to high densities of buried utilities, potholing can also be used to verify the route of each buried line within the excavation zone.
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Potholing, kayaking and racing powerful quad bikes across the moors, the team's expertise and individual skills are pushed to their limit.
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Potholing (which here means exposing buried utilities and seeing them to find where and how deep they are) using vacuum excavation, has made it safer to locate underground utilities.
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