| 单词 | trencher |
| 释义 | trencher (once / 8208 pages) 1n 2n A trencher is an old-fashioned wooden plate for serving or eating food. It was most common to use a trencher in Medieval Europe. The original trencher was a piece of bread that other food would be served on and eaten from. With this type of trencher, a diner could either eat her plate or donate it to someone who was poor and hungry. Later, trenchers evolved into small wooden or metal plates. The original, 1300s meaning of trencher was "wooden platter for cutting meat," from the Old North French trencheor, "a cutting place," with its Old French root of trenchier, "to cut." WORD FAMILYtrencher: trenchers+/entrench: entrenched, entrenches, entrenching, entrenchment/entrenchment: entrenchments/retrench: retrenched, retrenches, retrenching, retrenchment/retrenchment: retrenchments/trench: entrench, retrench, trenched, trencher, trenches, trenching USAGE EXAMPLESThe facility will include a heavy equipment arena to train workers using scaffolds, trenchers, cranes, scissor lifts and more. Washington Times(Oct 03, 2016) “Excellent. Next, I’ll be eating with a trencher and throwing bones to the dogs over my shoulder.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) Trenchers also must watch out for live power lines and toxic gases emitting from the soil, Esposito said. Washington Times(Jul 16, 2016) 1 n a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved 2Hyper board a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose n someone who digs trenches Hyper digger a laborer who digs |
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