sinkholeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English sinkehole, sinkeholl, equivalent to sink +‎ hole.

発音

名詞

sinkhole (複数形 sinkholes)

1. (geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

   Synonyms: cenote, doline, dolina, (Britain) kettle hole, shakehole, (Britain) sink, (Britain) swallet, swallow hole

   • 2021 September 22, “Network News: Sinking feeling on unlucky 13th”, in RAIL, number 940, page 18:

     A sinkhole suddenly opened up beneath the track of a heavy freight route in the eastern United States. Golfers playing the 13th hole at Hartford, Connecticut, had a new obstacle to tackle: a section of track suspended in mid-air after heavy rainfall in the aftermath of Storm Ida.

2. A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
3. (pinball) A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
   • 1997, Windows magazine, volume 8, numbers 1-3:

     Pro Pinball is as authentic as pinball has ever been on the PC. It's all here, from the ramps, bumpers and sinkholes to the satisfying "clack" when you make the high-score list.

4. (Internet) A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
5. (computer security) An attack which redirects requests - be it network or memory accesses - to a new location defined by the attacker.
6. (fandom slang, TV Tropes) A series of two or more adjacent hyperlinks, whether piped links or not, that may cause the reader difficulty to discern between links.
   • "This quote is an exaggerated example of the above definition."

動詞

sinkhole (三人称単数 現在形 sinkholes, 現在分詞 sinkholing, 過去形および過去分詞形 sinkholed)

1. (Internet, transitive) To configure as a sinkhole (domain name server that gives non-routeable addresses).

参照

• “sinkhole”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

別の表記

• sinkhole

名詞

sink hole (複数形 sink holes)

1. (geology) A depression in the land formed from the collapse or erosion of the underlying rock or soil.

同意語

• cenote, dolina, shakehole, sink