Loophole

['luːphəʊl] or ['luphol]

解释:

(noun.) a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons.

(noun.) an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation.

编辑:默里--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.

(n.) A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Opening (in the wall of a fortification), aperture.[2]. Plea, pretext, pretence, excuse, way for evasion, way of escape.

编辑:曼纽尔

解释:

n. a small hole in a wall &c. through which small-arms may be fired: a means of escape.—adjs. Looped (Shak.) full of small openings; Loop′holed.—n. Loop′-light a small narrow window.

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