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单词 trench
释义 trench
n. & v.
--n
  1. a long narrow usu. deep depression or ditch.
  2. Mil. a this dug by troops to stand in and be sheltered from enemy fire. b (in pl.) a defensive system of these.
  3. a long narrow deep depression in the ocean bed.
--v
  1. tr. dig a trench or trenches in (the ground).
  2. tr. turn over the earth of (a field, garden, etc.) by digging a succession of adjoining ditches.
  3. intr. (foll. by on, upon) archaic a encroach. b verge or border closely.
Phrases and idioms
trench coat
  1. a soldier's lined or padded waterproof coat.
  2. a loose belted raincoat. trench fever a highly infectious disease transmitted by lice, that infested soldiers in the trenches in the war of 1914-18. trench mortar a light simple mortar throwing a bomb from one's own into the enemy trenches. trench warfare hostilities carried on from more or less permanent trenches.
Etymology: ME f. OF trenche (n.) trenchier (v.), ult. f. L truncare TRUNCATE
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