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

• 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。
• Their defences were poor& the trenches were too shallow and they had very few gun emplacements.
  他们的防御工事太差了&战壕这么浅，几乎没有枪炮掩体。
• He saw action in the trenches.
  他在战壕里战斗。
• We are digging trenches for a water system.
  我们正在替供水系统挖水沟。
• Along the jagged front, men emerged from their muddy trenches.
  在坑坑洼洼的前线，将士们从泥泞的战壕中走出来。
• 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 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。
• This occurs in trenches, also called subduction zones.
  这个过程发生在海沟。也叫作俯冲带。
• The trenches sheltered us from enemy gunfire.
  战壕掩蔽我们不受敌人炮火袭击。
• He made a comedy set in the trenches.
  以战壕为背景，拍了一部喜剧。