trough

trough

T0382500 (trôf, trŏf)n.1. a. A long, narrow, generally shallow receptacle for holding water or feed for animals.b. Any of various similar containers for domestic or industrial use, such as kneading or washing.2. A gutter under the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.3. A long, narrow depression, as between waves or ridges.4. A low point in a business cycle or on a statistical graph.5. Meteorology An elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with a front.6. Physics A minimum point in a wave or an alternating signal.

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[Middle English, from Old English trog; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

trough

(trɒf) n1. a narrow open container, esp one in which food or water for animals is put2. a narrow channel, gutter, or gulley3. (Physical Geography) a narrow depression either in the land surface, ocean bed, or between two successive waves4. (Physical Geography) meteorol an elongated area of low pressure, esp an extension of a depression. Compare ridge⁶5. a single or temporary low point; depression6. (General Physics) physics the portion of a wave, such as a light wave, in which the amplitude lies below its average value7. (Economics) economics the lowest point or most depressed stage of the trade cyclevb (intr) informal to eat, consume, or take greedily[Old English trōh; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse trog trough, Dutch trügge ladle] ˈtroughˌlike adj

trough

(trɔf, trɒf or, sometimes, trɔθ, trɒθ)

n. 1. a long, narrow, open receptacle, usu. boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals. 2. any of several similarly shaped receptacles used for various commercial or household purposes. 3. a channel or conduit for conveying water, as a gutter under the eaves of a building. 4. any long depression or hollow. 5. a long, wide, and deep depression in the ocean floor having gently sloping sides, wider and shallower than a trench. 6. an elongated area of relatively low barometric pressure. 7. the lowest point, esp. in an economic cycle. [before 900; Middle English; Old English trōh, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old Norse trog, Old High German troc]

trough

(trôf) The lowest part of a wave. See more at wave.

trough

An elongated area of low pressure between two areas of high pressure.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trough - a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)natural depression, depression - a sunken or depressed geological formationswale - a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
	2.	trough - a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwatergutterchannel - a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"slideway, sloping trough, chute, slide - sloping channel through which things can descendcullis - a gutter in a roofgable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, saddleback - a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
	3.	trough - a concave shape with an open top bowlconcave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
	4.	trough - a treasury for government funds public treasury, tillexchequer, treasury - the funds of a government or institution or individual
	5.	trough - a long narrow shallow receptacle receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things incradle, rocker - a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
	6.	trough - a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feedmangerbunk, feed bunk - a long trough for feeding cattlecontainer - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

trough

noun manger, crib, water trough The old stone cattle trough still sits by the entrance.

Translations

低压槽槽波谷饲料槽

trough

(trof) noun1. a long, low, open container for animals' food or water. a drinking-trough for the cattle. (牲畜的)飼料槽 （牲畜的）饲料槽 2. a low part between two waves (in the sea etc). The boat went down into a trough. 波谷 波谷3. an area of low pressure in the atmosphere, usually causing rain. (氣象中的)低壓槽 （气象中的）低压槽

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