doughnut hole
noun US (also donut hole) uk/ˈdəʊ.nʌt ˌhəʊl/ us/ˈdoʊ.nʌt ˌhoʊl/
(CAKE)
[ C ]炸甜甜圈球
a small, round doughnut (= a circular cake fried in hot fat), often made from the part cut out of the middle of a larger, ring-shaped doughnut
There is a chocolate fountain with strawberries, doughnut holes, marshmallows, and pretzels for dipping. 这里有一个巧克力喷泉，还有草莓、甜甜圈球、棉花糖、椒盐饼可以蘸着吃。
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- To make these delicious treats you need plain store-bought doughnut holes.
- Doughnut holes sold by the Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton's are known as "Timbits."
- His first job was plucking circles from the center of rounds of dough - in other words, making the doughnut holes.
(HEALTHCARE)
[ S ]“甜甜圈漏洞”（指加入美国联邦医疗保险的人不得不支付某种药物费用的情况，因为这种药物的费用介于他们的医疗保险计划所支付费用的两个水平之间）
for people on a particular kind of Medicare plan for prescription drugs (= ones that can only be bought if a doctor orders them for you), the fact of having to pay for a drug because its cost is between two levels at which the cost will be paid by their plan
The doughnut hole is the gap in coverage when Part D members reach $2,250 in prescription costs. 甜甜圈漏洞指的是D部分投保人员处方费用达到2250美元时的保障缺口。
The former congressman said his group had made several proposals to Congress for shrinking the doughnut hole. 这位前国会议员说，他的团体已经向国会提出了几个缩小“甜甜圈漏洞”的建议。
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- The infamous "doughnut hole" in the plan's coverage leaves seniors without a pharmaceutical benefit after drug costs reach $2,251, until it kicks in again when costs reach $5,100.
- Some economists say that with proper planning, some patients who entered the doughnut hole this year could have avoided it.
- Opponents have denounced the "doughnut hole" of non-coverage within the full Medicare drug benefit, which began in 2006.