trench

英 [trentʃ]

美 [trentʃ]

n.  沟; 渠; 战壕; 堑壕; 海沟; 大洋沟

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

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.5674 / COCA.6459

牛津词典

noun

• 沟；渠
  a long deep hole dug in the ground, for example for carrying away water
• 战壕；堑壕
  a long deep hole dug in the ground in which soldiers can be protected from enemy attacks (for example in northern France and Belgium in the First World War)
  1. life in the trenches
     第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
  2. trench warfare
     堑壕战
• 海沟；大洋沟
  a long deep narrow hole in the ocean floor

柯林斯词典

• 壕沟;沟渠
  Atrenchis a long narrow channel that is cut into the ground, for example in order to lay pipes or get rid of water.
• N-COUNT 战壕，堑壕(the trenches 常指第一次世界大战的西线战场)
  Atrenchis a long narrow channel in the ground used by soldiers in order to protect themselves from the enemy. People often refer to the battle grounds of the First World War in Northern France and Belgium asthe trenches.
  1. We fought with them in the trenches.
     我们曾在一战西线战场上与他们并肩作战。
  2. ...trench warfare.
     堑壕战

英英释义

noun

• a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
• any long ditch cut in the ground
• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  Synonym:deepoceanic abyss

verb

• dig a trench or trenches
  1. The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
• cut a trench in, as for drainage
  1. ditch the land to drain it
  2. trench the fields
  Synonym:ditch
• set, plant, or bury in a trench
  1. trench the fallen soldiers
  2. trench the vegetables
• cut or carve deeply into
  1. letters trenched into the stone
• fortify by surrounding with trenches
  1. He trenched his military camp
• impinge or infringe upon
  1. This impinges on my rights as an individual
  2. This matter entrenches on other domains
  Synonym:impingeencroachentrench

双语例句

• We fought with them in the trenches.
  我们曾在一战西线战场上与他们并肩作战。
• In the boiler room trench should have cover board at the ground level.
  锅炉房内沟道上应有与地面平齐的盖板。
• I was to take them to a frontline trench.
  我得押他们到最前线的战壕去。
• Davis did not have a single trench to show me.
  而戴维斯没有一条挖掘的沟渠可以给我看。
• It's a trench that used to be dry, but now has water in it.
  就是一个干了的沟，没有水，现在有水了。
• To dig or make a long narrow trench or furrow in.
  沟，槽一长而窄的沟或槽挖或筑狭长的沟渠或细沟。
• The surface area of the walls of a trench formed in a substrate is increased.
  衬底中形成的沟槽壁的表面区域增加了。
• The LORD'S fire came down and consumed the holocaust, wood, stones, and dust, and it lapped up the water in the trench.
  于是上主的火降下，焚尽了全燔祭、柴木、石头和尘土，也烧干了沟中的水。
• The trench mortars have begun to fire and the volume of sound increases.
  堑壕里的迫击炮早已开始了射击，声响愈来愈大。
• A trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position.
  在后方和防守姿态的前线中提供保护管道的战壕。