(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.
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双语例句
The girl, standing pale and rigid against the farther wall, sought with ever-increasing terror for some loophole of escape. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
Do you not see some loophole, some flaw? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
Indeed, through this very loophole of character, the reality, depth, genuineness of that refinement may be ascertained. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
All sacrifice was barred to the faithful; no loophole was left for the sacrificial priest of the old dispensation to come back into the new faith. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
A loophole window was pierced in each of its side walls. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
In the dormitories I observed loopholes at certain distances all along just under the ceiling, which I thought judiciously placed for change of air. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.