pothole
pothole — 名詞
- potholesingular
- potholesplural
1. a hole left in the road when cars and weather gradually break the surface apart.
路坑
路面因損壞形成的坑洞
a hole left in the road when cars and weather gradually break the surface apart.
The bus lurched when its front wheel dropped into a pothole.
公車前輪掉進路坑時，整台車猛然晃了一下。
collocation: drop into / hit a pothole
City workers filled the potholes outside the school before the rainy season.
市府工人在雨季前填平了學校外面的路坑。
collocation: fill potholes
Jenna swerved left to avoid a pothole near the bridge.
Jenna 向左急轉，避開橋邊的一個路坑。
After winter, deep potholes appeared along the narrow mountain road.
冬天過後，狹窄的山路上出現了很深的路坑。
common subject: potholes appear after winter
The taxi driver blamed the flat tire on a hidden pothole.
那位計程車司機怪路上那個隱蔽的路坑害他爆胎。
- deep pothole
- hidden pothole
- hit a pothole
- avoid a pothole
- fill potholes
- repair potholes
文法句型
a pothole in the road
hit / avoid / fill a pothole
用法筆記
Most often used for damage in a road surface and commonly follows verbs such as 'hit', 'avoid', 'fill', and 'repair'. Distinguish from sense 2, which refers to a natural hole worn into rock by water.
常見錯誤
2. a deep, usually rounded space cut into rock by moving water, often where stones
壺穴；溶蝕洞
流水或石灰岩溶蝕形成的深洞
a deep, usually rounded space cut into rock by moving water, often where stones slowly grind the surface away.
Clear water shimmered in a round rock pothole beside the waterfall.
清澈的水在瀑布旁的圓形壺穴裡閃著光。
geology use: water in a rock pothole
The guide warned the cavers about a deep pothole in the limestone passage.
嚮導提醒洞穴探險者注意石灰岩通道裡的一個深溶蝕洞。
caving use: underground pothole in limestone
Years of fast water cut several potholes into the limestone wall.
多年急流在石灰岩壁上沖出了好幾個壺穴。
subject is often water or erosion
Small fish darted through a river pothole worn smooth in the rock.
小魚在岩石上被水磨平的河中壺穴裡穿梭。
We looked down at a round pothole carved by the stream.
我們低頭看著溪水刻出的圓形壺穴。
collocation: carve a pothole
- deep pothole
- round pothole
- rock pothole
- river pothole
- water cut a pothole
- stream-carved pothole
文法句型
a pothole in the rock
water cut / carved a pothole
用法筆記
Common in descriptions of rivers, waterfalls, limestone, and other natural rock features. Distinguish from sense 1, which is the everyday road meaning.
常見錯誤
3. a small problem that briefly slows a plan, job, or journey without stopping it c
小阻礙
使進度暫時卡住的小問題
a small problem that briefly slows a plan, job, or journey without stopping it completely.
The budget meeting hit a pothole when two reports disagreed.
兩份報告內容不一致時，預算會議遇到了一個小阻礙。
figurative pattern: hit a pothole
Our travel plans hit a pothole when the last train was canceled.
最後一班火車取消後，我們的旅行計畫碰上了一個小阻礙。
In April, the project ran into a pothole when the permit arrived late.
四月時許可證晚到，讓這個專案碰上了一個小阻礙。
figurative pattern: run into a pothole
A missing form caused a short pothole in the hiring process.
少了一份表格，讓招募流程出現了短暫的小阻礙。
figurative: small temporary setback
Sales recovered quickly once the company got past the holiday delivery pothole.
公司度過假日配送的小阻礙後，銷售很快就回升了。
pattern: get past a pothole
- brief pothole
- early pothole
- hit a pothole
- run into a pothole
- get past a pothole
文法句型
hit a pothole
run into a pothole
get past a pothole
用法筆記
Usually refers to a temporary setback rather than a serious failure, and often appears with motion verbs such as 'hit', 'run into', or 'get past'.