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

• 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。
• Engineers then typically dig out shallow trenches or pits along the path to obtain earth for the levee.
  工程师通常会沿预定路线挖出浅浅的壕沟或土坑，取得海堤用的泥土。
• They were mining the enemy's trenches.
  他们在挖掘地道直通敌人战壕。
• He saw action in the trenches.
  他在战壕里战斗。
• We must dig trenches to drain the water away.
  我们必须开沟排水。
• The soldiers dug trenches to protect themselves against enemy fire or attack.
  士兵们挖掘战壕来保护他们自己不受敌人的炮火或攻击。
• 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。
• Two or three soldiers left the trenches and hid behind a house that wasn't burning yet.
  两到三个士兵离开了战壕躲藏在一座还没有烧起来的房子后面。
• We dug trenches to drain away the dirty water.
  我们开沟排去污水。
• They are digging trenches to drain the water away.
  他们正在掘沟排水。