英语释义
1. a hole in metal caused by a bubble of gas captured during solidification
2. a nostril in the top of the head of a cetacean and especially a whale
3. a hole or fissure in rocks along a shore through which incoming waves force air to rush upward or water to spout intermittently
The blowhole is in a place where ocean waves marching in from the north have undercut a lava shelf and carved a tire-sized hole so that surf can spout up like a Yellowstone geyser.
— Brian J. Cantwell
4. a hole that is on the top of a whale or related animal's head and is used by the animal for breathing
5. a hole in the ice to which seals and other animals that are living in the water under the ice come to breathe