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单词 ditchlike
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ditchlikeadj.

Etymology: < ditch n.1 + -like suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈditchlike.
Like or resembling a ditch.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [adjective] > furnished with ditch > relating to a ditch
ditchlikea1743
ditchy1786
troughed1898
a1743 R. Savage London & Bristol (R.) Thy cliffs a ditch~like river laves, Rude as thy rocks and muddy as thy waves.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 185 A sombre water~course, the ditchlike banks of which dropped perpendicularly through the clay.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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