trench

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trench /trentʃ/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1  HOLEa long narrow hole dug into the surface of the ground 壕沟；沟渠 Workers dug a trench for gas lines. 工人们挖了一条沟来铺设煤气管道。2. technicalHEO a long narrow valley in the ground beneath the sea 海沟3  PMA[usually plural] a deep trench dug in the ground as a protection for soldiers 战壕，堑壕 the trenches of World War I 第一次世界大战的堑壕4  the trenches the place or situation where most of the work or action in an activity takes place 第一线〔指某一活动进行得最热烈的地方或场面〕 Lane left teaching after 30 years in the trenches. 在一线工作30年后，莱恩离开了教学岗位。

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trench• Workers dug a trench for gas lines.• There had been such a wide expanse of firm ground that a trench had never been worn.• Downbuckling is marked by an offshore trench.• the Puerto Rico Trench• the fighting men in the trenches of France• But we in the trenches just never see the end product.• Those same nice folks get awful upset when somebody goes out and jumps into the trenches and tries to make it work.• The mosquitoes don't seem to like the rain either, they all seem to be at the back of the trench.• Parapets gradually grew lower and lower until the trench became little deeper than a roadside ditch.dug ... trench• Fabritsyn dug trenches, tended cattle, and carried rebel arms and explosives between bases.Origin trench (1300-1400) Old French trenche “act of cutting”, from trenchier “to cut”, probably from Latin truncare; → TRUNCATE

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trench
trench /trentʃ/ noun [countable]1. a long narrow hole dug into the surface of the ground:
    Workers dug a trench for gas lines.
2. technical a long narrow valley in the ground beneath the sea
3. [usually plural] a deep trench dug in the ground as a protection for soldiers:
    the trenches of World War I
4. the trenches the place or situation where most of the work or action in an activity takes place:
    Lane left teaching after 30 years in the trenches.

trenchBrE /trentʃ/ 🔊NAmE /trentʃ/ 🔊 nouna long deep hole dug in the ground, for example for carrying away water 沟；渠a long deep hole dug in the ground in which soldiers can be protected from enemy attacks (for example in northern France and Belgium in the First World War) 战壕，堑壕（如第一次世界大战期间在法国北部和比利时开挖的）◆life in the trenches 战壕生活◆trench warfare堑壕战 (also ˌocean ˈtrench) a long deep narrow hole in the ocean floor 海沟；大洋沟