trenches

英 [ˈtrɛntʃɪz]

美 [ˈtrɛntʃɪz]

n.  沟; 渠; 战壕; 堑壕; 海沟; 大洋沟
trench的复数

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

双语例句

• The plates are bounded by an interconnected network of ridges, transform faults, and trenches.
  板块以一个由洋中脊、转换断层和海沟相互连接形成的网络为界。
• They dug trenches in their path and set booby traps.
  他们在小路上挖深沟设饵雷。
• We sit in wet trenches, and are constantly under heavy fire from artillery, tanks and mortars.
  我们呆在潮湿的战壕里，不停的遭到重炮，坦克和迫击炮的轰炸。
• It was in winter that they dug trenches and laid the oil pipes.
  他们是在冬天挖沟铺设油管的。
• They are digging trenches to drain the water away.
  他们正在掘沟排水。
• We must dig trenches to drain the water away.
  我们必须开沟排水。
• I felt like a soldier trying to sleep in the trenches the night before a major battle.
  我像是个士兵，大战来临前夜试图在战壕上入睡。
• The soldiers dug trenches to protect themselves against enemy fire or attack.
  士兵们挖掘战壕来保护他们自己不受敌人的炮火或攻击。
• We dug trenches to drain away the dirty water.
  我们开沟排去污水。
• He saw action in the trenches.
  他在战壕里战斗。