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

• We are digging trenches for a water system.
  我们正在替供水系统挖水沟。
• They were digging trenches to shelter the men from gunfire.
  他们在挖战壕以免受炮火的袭击。
• He saw action in the trenches.
  他在战壕里战斗。
• They are digging trenches to drain the water away.
  他们正在掘沟排水。
• He made a comedy set in the trenches.
  以战壕为背景，拍了一部喜剧。
• 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 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 were mining the enemy's trenches.
  他们在挖掘地道直通敌人战壕。
• We dug trenches to drain away the dirty water.
  我们开沟排去污水。
• The poems which he wrote in the trenches are generally agreed to be those in which he found his true voice.
  他在战壕里创作的那些诗歌被公认为是他找到了自己声音的作品。