Holey means full of holes. Socks go holey at the toes. A holey roof lets rain in. Cheese can be holey, with little tunnels through it.

Holey means full of holes holey的意思是滿是破洞 Socks go holey at the toes襪子在腳趾頭那邊會破洞 A holey roof lets rain in一個 holey 的屋頂會漏雨 Cheese can be holey起司也可以是 holey with little tunnels through it裡面有一條條小隧道

It is a simple, homely adjective — the kind of word you say at home, not in a lab. You make it from hole plus -y, the same pattern as messy or sandy.

It is a simple, homely adjective這是個簡單、家常的形容詞 the kind of word you say at home是那種你會在家裡說 not in a lab而不是在實驗室裡說的字 You make it from hole plus -y它是 hole 加上 -y組成的 the same pattern as messy or sandy跟 messy 或 sandy 的組成方式一樣

English put the extra e in the middle on purpose, so you would not mix it up with holy, which means sacred, close to God. They sound almost the same, and hundreds of years ago they could even look the same on the page (older English had holy, holi, holly for this “full of holes” meaning too). Now the extra e is a kindness: holey is about holes; holy is about God.

English put the extra e in the middle on purpose英文故意在中間多放一個 e so you would not mix it up with holy這樣你才不會跟 holy 搞混 which means sacred, close to God holy的意思是神聖的、跟上帝有關 They sound almost the same這兩個字聽起來幾乎一樣 and hundreds of years ago而在幾百年前 they could even look the same on the page它們甚至可能長得一模一樣 older English had holy, holi, holly for this "full of holes" meaning too古英文也曾用 holy、holi、holly 來表示「滿是破洞」的意思 Now the extra e is a kindness現在多出來的那個 e 是一種貼心的區別 holey is about holes holey 講的是破洞 holy is about God holy 講的是上帝

Holey is not rude, but when you talk about clothes it often means worn out, so calling someone’s jumper holey can sound as if you noticed it is old.

Holey is not rude holey 這個字不算粗魯 but when you talk about clothes但講到衣服的時候 it often means worn out常常帶有「穿舊了」的意思 so calling someone's jumper holey所以說某人的毛衣 holey can sound as if you noticed it is old聽起來就像在說你注意到它舊了