英和和英

語源

From melon (“pademelon”) + hole.

名詞

melon hole (複数形 melon holes)

1. (Australia) A small hole or concavity in the landscape where rainwater gathers. [from 19th c.]
   • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin 2003, p. 247:

     ‘When I was a young man out there in the scrubs, me and Dougald tailing them beasts from one melon hole to another day after day, never seeing another living soul, I'd ride along dreaming of a girl like you and forget where I was.’

同意語

• gilgai
• pademelon hole, paddymelon hole