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 Übersetzung für 'hole-in-the-ground' von Englisch nach Deutsch
hole in the groundErdloch {n}
to crawl into a hole in the ground [fig.] sichAkk. in ein Mauseloch verkriechen [ugs.] [Redewendung]
hole-in-the-ground latrineDonnerbalken {m} [ugs.]
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Anwendungsbeispiele Englisch
  • A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.
  • In their language "galinga" means simply a hole in the ground, while the origins of "kalinga" are uncertain.
  • Individual smiths and specialized applications have fostered the development of a variety of forges of this type, from the coal forge described above to simpler constructions amounting to a hole in the ground with a pipe leading into it.
  • These include the "ground drum", which, in its most common §—Form, consists of an animal skin stretched over a hole in the ground, and the "pot drum", made from a simple pot.
  • Several unsuccessful searches followed, and the plague continued unabated until a shepherd boy followed a trail of bees into a hole in the ground.

  • Well drilling is the process of drilling a hole in the ground for the extraction of a natural resource such as ground water, brine, natural gas, or petroleum, for the injection of a fluid from surface to a subsurface reservoir or for subsurface formations evaluation or monitoring.
  • The Chinese scholar Zheng Sixiao (1206–1283) indicates that, "in the case of the largest ones, the wooden framework stood above a hole in the ground".
  • A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human feces in a hole in the ground.
  • It was a pretty dangerous activity involving controlled explosions of acetylene gas, prepared by mixing water with calcium carbide in a hole in the ground covered by a suitable container.
  • The protagonist of the game is a blue chameleon named Davy who, upon following a rabbit (closely resembling Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit) into a magical hole in the ground, finds he has taken on a humanoid form.

  • ] hole in the ground. According to the story, when Tom looked into the hole, the wind exiting the cave blew his hat off of his head.
  • An outhouse often provides the shelter for a pit latrine, which collects human feces in a hole in the ground.
  • For example, it can be a communal trench in the earth in a camp to be used as emergency sanitation, a hole in the ground (pit latrine), or more advanced designs, including pour-flush systems.
  • During Carnival, Eindhoven is rechristened "Lampegat" (Hamlet of Lamps, although for the ironic purposes of carnival the translation "Hole in the ground with lamps" is closer to the mark); this refers again to the important role of Philips in the Eindhoven community.
  • Crack in the Ground, northeast of Christmas Valley is a long fissure with ice in its floor year round.

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