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trench

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n.沟渠,堑壕,管沟,电缆沟,战壕 v.掘沟,挖战壕

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动词过去式:trenched 过去分词:trenched 现在分词:trenching 第三人称单数:trenches

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trench


/trentʃ; trɛntʃ/
n ditch dug in the ground, eg for drainage or to give troops shelter from enemy fire 沟;渠; 堑壕; 战壕
*irrigation trenches 灌溉渠
* The workmendug a trench for the new water-pipe. 工人挖了一条沟敷设新水管.
* [attrib 作定语] trench warfare 堑壕战.

v [Tn] dig a trench or trenches in (the ground) 在(地)上开沟或挖战壕.

trench


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: trenche 'act of cutting', from trenchier 'to cut', probably from Latin truncare; TRUNCATE]
a long narrow hole dug into the surface of the ground
 Workers dug a trench for gas lines.
technical a long narrow valley in the ground beneath the sea
[usually plural]
a deep trench dug in the ground as a protection for soldiers
 the trenches of World War I
the trenches
the place or situation where most of the work or action in an activity takes place
 Lane left teaching after 30 years in the trenches.
1. They toiled all day digging the trench.
    他们整天艰苦地挖壕沟。

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