an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons
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Another had been shot at a loophole in the very act of firing into the house, and now lay in agony, the pistol still smoking in his hand. 另一個海盜企圖在槍眼向屋裡射擊時,自己中彈倒在了地上,此刻正痛苦地躺在那裡,手中的槍還在冒煙。
If the mutineers succeeded in crossing the stockade, he argued, they would take possession of any unprotected loophole, and shoot us down like rats in our own stronghold. 他說,如果叛亂分子越過了柵欄,他們會佔據任何無人守衛的槍眼,然後像打耗子一樣將我們全都射死在我們自己的堡壘里。
A good lawyer can always find a loophole. 精明的律師總能找到漏洞。
The tax-free gift to the spouse is a perfectly legal loophole. 贈與配偶的禮物是免稅的,這是一個天衣無縫的法律漏洞。