loophole的词源

英文词源

loophole (n.)

also loop-hole, mid-15c., from Middle English loupe "opening in a wall" for shooting through or admitting light (c. 1300), perhaps related to Middle Dutch lupen "to watch, peer;" + hole (n.). Figurative sense of "outlet, means of escape" is from 1660s.

中文词源

loophole：观察孔，漏洞

原指墙上的小洞，后用于比喻义漏洞。

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