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单词 troughlike
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
trough /trɔf, trɑf/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a long, narrow, open, boxlike container, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.
  2. Buildinga channel for carrying water away.
  3. the lowest point, esp. in an economic cycle.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
trough  (trôf, trof or, sometimes, trôth, troth),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually 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. Buildinga channel or conduit for conveying water, as a gutter under the eaves of a building for carrying away rain water.
  4. Oceanographyany long depression or hollow, as between two ridges or waves.
  5. Geology, Oceanography[Oceanog.]a long, wide, and deep depression in the ocean floor having gently sloping sides, wider and shallower than a trench. Cf. trench (def. 4).
  6. Meteorologyan elongated area of relatively low pressure.
  7. the lowest point, esp. in an economic cycle.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English trōh; cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse trog
troughlike′, adj. 

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