The holes are only borings, less than a foot in diameter.

这些洞只不过是一些钻孔，直径不到1英尺。

It took thirty-two separate borings to cut around that lock.

绕着那把锁开了三十二个独立的钻孔。

Trace fossils of termite borings were also found in the same formation.

在同一地层​​中还发现了白蚁钻孔的痕迹化石。

The gentlemen admitted that at once, but the engineer asked: How did he know that—" You haven't made borings yourself, I suppose" ?

先生们立刻承认了这一点， 但工程师问：他怎么知道——“我想你自己没有钻孔” ？