搜尋結果
trench
- IPA[tren(t)SH]
美式
- a long, narrow ditch.;a narrow ditch dug by troops to provide a place of shelter from enemy fire.
- dig a trench or trenches in (the ground);turn over the earth of (a field or garden) by digging a succession of adjoining ditches.
verb: trench, 3rd person present: trenches, gerund or present participle: trenching, past tense: trenched, past participle: trenched
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a long, narrow ditch.
- ▪ a narrow ditch dug by troops to provide a place of shelter from enemy fire.
- ▪ a connected system of trenches forming an army's line.
- ▪ the battlefields of northern France and Belgium in World War I the slaughter in the trenches created a new cynicism entry-level teachers are taught the latest classroom techniques by colleagues with experience in the trenches
- ▪ a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone.
動詞
- 1. dig a trench or trenches in (the ground) she trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet
- ▪ turn over the earth of (a field or garden) by digging a succession of adjoining ditches.
- 2. archaic border closely on; encroach on this would surely trench very far on the dignity and liberty of citizens