| 释义 |
ditch /dich/ noun- A trench dug in the ground for drainage or irrigation, or to serve to mark a boundary
- Any long narrow depression carrying water
- The border of a bowling green
- The sea (slang)
intransitive verb- To make, repair or clean a ditch or ditches
- (of an aircraft or pilot) to come down in the sea (informal)
transitive verb- To dig a ditch in or around
- To drain by ditches
- To throw, or drive, into a ditch
- To crash (a vehicle) deliberately
- To abandon, or get rid of (slang)
- To escape from or leave (a person) in the lurch (slang)
- To derail (US)
- To bring (an aircraft) down in the sea (informal)
ORIGIN: OE dīc, whence also dyke; see notes at dyke1 ditchˈer noun A person or machine that makes, cleans or repairs ditches ditchˈ-dog noun (Shakespeare) A dead dog rotting in a ditch ditchˈwater noun Stagnant foul water such as is found in ditches, proverbially dull |