sinkhole

noun

1. 落水洞（在地面下，雨水长期渗落形成）
   a large hole in the ground that a river flows into, created over a long period of time by water that has fallen as rain

1. The Guatemala City sinkhole, estimated to be 60 feet ( 18 meters) wide and 300 feet ( 100 meters) deep, appears to have been triggered by the deluge from tropical storm Agatha.
   据估计，危地马拉城天坑宽60英尺（18米），深300英尺（100米），看起来是受到热带风暴阿加莎强降水的影响而形成的。
2. That means leaking pipes could have gone unfixed long enough to create the right conditions for the sinkhole.
   也就是说泄漏的下水管道长期得不到维护，为这种天坑的形成创造了先决条件。
3. In fact, Bonis thinks calling the Guatemala City chasm a sinkhole is a misnomer& a true sinkhole is an entirely natural phenomenon.
   事实上，博尼斯认为把危地马拉城地洞称作天坑并不恰当，因为真正的天坑完全是一种自然现象。
4. But there is no limestone beneath the section of Guatemala City where the new sinkhole appeared, at least not at the depth at which the hole formed, Bonis said.
   博尼斯称，但是在危地马拉城新天坑形成的地方并没有石灰石岩床，至少在这个洞穴的深度范围内不存在石灰岩。
5. Days earlier, a giant sinkhole swallowed up the entire playground of a primary school in the county.
   几天前，一个大陷坑吞噬了该县一个小学的整个操场。
6. And when the core at last burns itself out, will some of the Earth slump into the void, leaving a giant sinkhole on the surface?
   要是地心最终烧尽以后，地球的某个部分是不是会塌进那个空间，在地面上留下一个大坑？
7. The sinkhole was caused by rains and an underground sewage flow.
   这个塌方的污水池是由于雨水和地下污水流动造成的。
8. The ship is immobilized, sir. Vega's man are ready to blow down a sinkhole.
   这船不能动了，长官。维加的人正准备炸出一个坑来。
9. The sinkhole belt is caused by the plate bending as the plate tongue holding Indonesia is pushed down, sinking.
   阿谁天坑带的组成是因为印僧舌头板块当甭沉招致的板块直开而至。
10. Having to constantly find documents, forgetting commitments and appointments is a huge sinkhole.
    经常在寻找文件、忘记该完成的承诺事项和约会是个严重的漏洞。
11. There's a secret road past the old sinkhole.
    通过那排水口有条秘密小路。
12. Conficker has several ways of receiving instructions, so the bad guys have still been able to control PCs, but the sinkhole servers give researchers a good idea how many machines are infected.
    但Conficker有多种途径接收指令，使得黑客仍然可以控制用户的计算机。不过带有漏洞的服务器数量可以帮助研究人员了解受感染计算机的具体数量。
13. Sinkhole insurance statutes of Florida in America and its enlightenment
    美国佛罗里达州岩溶塌陷保险法案及启示
14. Sinkhole Attack Detection in Sensor Networks Based on Convergence Degree
    基于汇聚度的传感器网络Sinkhole攻击检测
15. In Tennessee, a massive sinkhole suddenly dropped a stretch of interstate road out of sight.
    在田纳西州，一个巨大的天坑突然使某段州际公路下陷，消失于视野。
16. The30-story-deep sinkhole in Guatemala that swallowed a three-story building in June.
    6月，危地马拉一个相当于30层楼高的天坑吞噬了一栋三层楼高的建筑。
17. Assessment of the vulnerability to sinkhole and safety of groundwater exploitation in covered karst plain& A case study in Litang town
    覆盖型岩溶平原区岩溶塌陷脆弱性和开发岩溶地下水安全性评价&以广西黎塘镇为例
18. Note that these ghost cities have been constructed north of what we might call the sinkhole belt, a swath of land from the northern Himalayas east to the coast.
    请注意这些“鬼镇”建立在我们称之为天坑带的北面，天坑带是一条从北喜马拉雅起东至沿海的区域。
19. The female was found by divers in the sinkhole cave near the Caribbean resort of Tulum in2002.
    2002年，该女性遗骸在加勒比海度假胜地图卢姆的一个石灰岩洞被潜水者发现。
20. Human activity, not nature, was the likely cause of the gaping sinkhole that opened up in the streets of Guatemala City, a geologist says.
    地质专家表示，危地马拉城街道上出现的天坑可能不是自然因素造成的，而是人为活动的结果。
21. Obi-Wan sprang to the saddle, and Boga leapt to the sinkhole's rim in a single bound.
    欧比旺翻身跳上坐垫，随即波佳纵身一跃，便落到了溶洞的边缘。
22. But those above a sinkhole, particularly a rapidly sinking hole, lose trust in terra firma.
    但那些天坑，特别是快速下沉的坑洞使陆地失去了可信任感。
23. Green wrote.'Maybe you can find your dream job, or a way out of a career sinkhole, or a financial windfall.
    或许，你可以找到的梦想工作，找到一条摆脱职业困境的出路，或是在薪酬上有意外的收获。
24. The group divided itself up, with DNS, sinkhole, and malware analysis subgroups.
    这个工作组自发地分为DNS、黑洞、恶意软件分析等子工作组。
25. Local authorities and geologists are still investigating what caused the sinkhole.
    当地官员及地质学家仍在调查此次地陷发生的原因。
26. Another kind of lake is the sinkhole lake, which is formed in limestone.
    另一类湖泊是灰岩坑湖，在石灰岩中形成。
27. To study the impact of Xiamen Business Bank Development Area inning program on the water depth stability in Tajiao and Daomei sinkhole sea areas.
    为研究厦门招银开发区围垦方案实施前后，对联合循环电厂塔角及岛美取排水口海区水深稳定性的影响。
28. Treatment of soil-voids ( potential sinkhole) Excavation backfill and grouting are widely used to treat the soil-voids and sinkholes.
    岩溶土洞的处置方面目前，岩溶土洞（塌陷）的处理多数采用开挖-换填法、注浆法。

noun

1. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

   Synonym:    sinkswallow hole