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(engineering) A hole drilled into the ground for oil or gas exploration which fails to yield enough oil or gas to justify the establishment of a well.

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dry hole

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（工学）油やガスの探鉱のために地面を掘ったが、十分な量の油やガスが得られず、井戸を確立するに値しない穴

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6週間の掘削の末、その場所は石油や天然ガスの探査のために掘られたが、油井を設けるほどの産出が得られなかった掘削孔であることが判明し、会社は渋々その場所を放棄した。

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(figuratively) Something that brings no success or profit; a dead loss.

Ultrasound as a treatment for degenerative arthritis was in its infancy. It might eventually turn out to be as effective as the Salk vaccine, or as bogus as the science of phrenology. Either way, it didn't make sense right now. The chances were a thousand to one that it was a dry hole.

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dry holes

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