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loophole 音標拼音: [l'uph ,ol] n. 槍眼,小窗,換氣孔 槍眼,小窗,換氣孔 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 weaponsLoophole \ 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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