loophole 音标拼音: [l'uph
, ol]
n . 枪眼,小窗,换气孔
枪眼,小窗,换气孔
loophole n 1 :
an ambiguity (
especially one in the text of a law or contract )
that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation 2 :
a small hole in a fortified wall ;
for observation or discharging weapons Loophole \
Loop "
hole `\,
n .
1 . (
Mil .)
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A hole or aperture that gives a passage ,
or the means of escape or evasion .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
An amibiguity or unintended omission in a law ,
rule ,
regulation ,
or contract which allows a party to circumvent the intent of the text and avoid its obligations under certain circumstances . --
used usually in a negative sense ; --
distinguished from {
escape clause }
in that the latter usually is included to deliberately allow evasion of obligation under certain specified and foreseen circumstances ;
as ,
a loophole in the law big enough to drive a truck through .
[
PJC ]
146 Moby Thesaurus words for "
loophole ":
Texas tower ,
abatis ,
advanced work ,
air hole ,
alternative ,
armhole ,
avenue ,
balistraria ,
bank ,
banquette ,
barbed -
wire entanglement ,
barbican ,
barricade ,
barrier ,
bartizan ,
bastion ,
battlement ,
beacon ,
belvedere ,
bleachers ,
blowhole ,
breastwork ,
bridge ,
bullet -
hole ,
bulwark ,
bunghole ,
casemate ,
channel ,
cheval -
de -
frise ,
choice ,
chute ,
circumvallation ,
conning tower ,
contravallation ,
counterscarp ,
cringle ,
curtain ,
deadeye ,
debouch ,
demibastion ,
dike ,
dodge ,
door ,
drawbridge ,
earthwork ,
egress ,
emunctory ,
enclosure ,
entanglement ,
escape ,
escape clause ,
escape hatch ,
escarp ,
escarpment ,
estuary ,
evasion ,
exhaust ,
exit ,
eye ,
eyelet ,
fence ,
fieldwork ,
floodgate ,
flume ,
fortalice ,
fortification ,
gallery ,
gasket ,
gazebo ,
glacis ,
grandstand ,
grommet ,
guide ,
keyhole ,
knothole ,
lighthouse ,
lookout ,
loop ,
lunette ,
machicolation ,
manhole ,
mantelet ,
merlon ,
mound ,
mousehole ,
observation post ,
observatory ,
opening ,
out ,
outcome ,
outfall ,
outgate ,
outgo ,
outlet ,
outlook ,
outwork ,
overlook ,
palisade ,
parados ,
parapet ,
peanut gallery ,
peephole ,
pharos ,
pigeonhole ,
pinhole ,
placket ,
placket hole ,
pore ,
port ,
portcullis ,
porthole ,
postern gate ,
pretext ,
punch -
hole ,
quibble ,
rampart ,
ravelin ,
redan ,
redoubt ,
ringside ,
ringside seat ,
sally port ,
saving clause ,
scarp ,
sconce ,
sighthole ,
sluice ,
spiracle ,
spout ,
stockade ,
subterfuge ,
tap ,
tenaille ,
top gallery ,
tower ,
vallation ,
vallum ,
vent ,
ventage ,
venthole ,
vomitory ,
watchtower ,
way of escape ,
way out ,
weir ,
work
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