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dugout

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Sport, Army, Water
dug·out /ˈdʌɡaʊt/ noun [countable]  1. DSa low shelter at the side of a sports field, where players and team officials sit 〔球场边供运动员和教练等坐的〕休息棚2. PMAa shelter dug into the ground for soldiers to use 〔供士兵使用的〕壕沟,地洞 trench3 TTWa small boat made by cutting out a hollow space in a tree trunk 〔挖空树干做成的〕独木舟 a dugout canoe 独木舟
Examples from the Corpus
dugoutAfter organising a group of locals and a dugout canoe, we set out on the week-long journey to Iau.Watch any game in a crucial situation and you will see the catcher peering into his dugout before calling each pitch.In the field we live in the same dugouts, wash in the same puddles.At one point, Darryl Strawberry emerged from the dugout with a bat in his hands.As Hall departed for the dressing room, incensed Everton boss Howard Kendall gave him a tongue-lashing from the dugout.They gave him a standing ovation from the dugout and promised to present him with the game ball.Towards midnight Weir came to the dugout.More often, though, they miss, hang a hard left, and return to the dugout.
dug·out nounChineseSyllable
at Corpus a side the of a low shelter


dugout
dugout /ˈdʌɡaʊt/ noun [countable]
1. a low shelter at the side of a sports field, where players and team officials sit
2. a shelter dug into the ground for soldiers to use ⇨ trench
3. a small boat made by cutting out a hollow space in a tree trunk:
    a dugout canoe


dug·outBrE /ˈdʌɡaʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʌɡaʊt/ 🔊 nouna rough shelter made by digging a hole in the ground and covering it, used by soldiers 防空洞;地下掩体a shelter by the side of a football (soccer) or baseball field where a team's manager, etc. can sit and watch the game 球员席(足球或棒球场边供球队教练、候补队员等就座观赛) (also ˌdugout caˈnoe) a canoe made by cutting out the inside of a tree trunk (= type of light narrow boat) made by cutting out the inside of a tree trunk 独木舟