| 词汇 | doughnut-hole |
| 释义 | doughnut hole noun US(alsodonut hole)uk /ˈdəʊ.nʌt ˌhəʊl/ us /ˈdoʊ.nʌt ˌhoʊl/ doughnut hole noun (CAKE)[ C ] a small, round doughnut(= a circular cake fried in hot fat), often made from the part cut out of the middle of a larger, ring-shaped doughnut: 炸甜甜圈球 There is a chocolate fountain with strawberries, doughnut holes, marshmallows, and pretzels for dipping.这里有一个巧克力喷泉，还有草莓、甜甜圈球、棉花糖、椒盐饼可以蘸着吃。 LauriPatterson/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages To make these delicious treats you need plain store-bought doughnut holes. Doughnut holes sold by the Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton's are known as "Timbits." His first job was plucking circles from the center of rounds of dough - in other words, making the doughnut holes. Cakes angel food cake angelica bake sale baked goods Bakewell pudding cupcake devil's food cake donut donut hole doughnut Madeira cake madeleine malt loaf marble cake marchpane sponge cake sponge finger sticky bun stollen streusel doughnut hole noun (HEALTHCARE)[ S ] for people on a particular kind of Medicare plan for prescription drugs(= ones that can only be bought if a doctor orders them for you), the fact of having to pay for a drug because its cost is between two levels at which the cost will be paid by their plan: “甜甜圈漏洞”（指加入美国联邦医疗保险的人不得不支付某种药物费用的情况，因为这种药物的费用介于他们的医疗保险计划所支付费用的两个水平之间） The doughnut hole is the gap in coverage when Part D members reach $2,250 in prescription costs.甜甜圈漏洞指的是D部分投保人员处方费用达到2250美元时的保障缺口。 The former congressman said his group had made several proposals to Congress for shrinking the doughnut hole.这位前国会议员说，他的团体已经向国会提出了几个缩小“甜甜圈漏洞”的建议。 The infamous "doughnut hole" in the plan's coverage leaves seniors without a pharmaceutical benefit after drug costs reach $2,251, until it kicks in again when costs reach $5,100. Some economists say that with proper planning, some patients who entered the doughnut hole this year could have avoided it. Opponents have denounced the "doughnut hole" of non-coverage within the full Medicare drug benefit, which began in 2006. |
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