| 单词 | trench |
| 释义 | trench (once / 209 pages) 1nv 2v A trench is a deep and narrow hole, or ditch, in the ground, like the kind soldiers on frontlines might dig to give themselves shelter from the enemy. A natural trench may also be a deep hole on the bottom of the ocean. The verb trench means to dig or to cut into, but you will most often hear the word as a noun, particularly relating to soldiers. The phrase trench warfare became popular around World War I, when technological advances in weapons changed the way that wars were fought. Today, you may have even own a trench coat, a kind of raincoat first worn by soldiers. WORD FAMILYtrench: entrench, retrench, trenched, trencher, trenches, trenching+/entrench: entrenched, entrenches, entrenching, entrenchment/entrenchment: entrenchments/retrench: retrenched, retrenches, retrenching, retrenchment/retrenchment: retrenchments/trencher: trenchers USAGE EXAMPLES“Online,” the woman in the trench coat says, and the conversation continues from there. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “And their ‘D’ linemen are really tough and gritty down there in the trenches.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Then lay drainage “tiles”—nowadays large sections of plastic pipe are used—in the trenches. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n any long ditch cut in the ground Hypo|Hyper furrow a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) cut, gasha trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation ditch a long narrow excavation in the earth 2n a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth Hypo|Hyper approach trench, communication trench a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position fire trencha trench especially constructed for the delivery of small-arms fire fosse, moatditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water slit trenchnarrow trench for shelter in battle ditch a long narrow excavation in the earth 3n a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor Syn|Exp|Hyper deep, oceanic abyss Atacama Trench a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile Bougainville Trencha depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Japan Trencha depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet Nares Deepa depression in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Haiti and Puerto Rico depression, natural depression a sunken or depressed geological formation 4v cut a trench in, as for drainage trench the fields Syn|Hyper ditch dig, excavate, hollow remove the inner part or the core of 5v fortify by surrounding with trenches He trenched his military camp Hyper fort, fortify enclose by or as if by a fortification 6v dig a trench or trenches The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench Hyper dig, dig out create by digging 7v cut or carve deeply into letters trenched into the stone Hyper cut separate with or as if with an instrument 8v set, plant, or bury in a trench 2trench the fallen soldiers trench the vegetables Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location v impinge or infringe upon Syn|Hyper encroach, entrench, impinge take advantage, trespass make excessive use of |
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