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

• They are digging trenches to drain the water away.
  他们正在掘沟排水。
• The trenches sheltered us from enemy gunfire.
  战壕掩蔽我们不受敌人炮火袭击。
• He is out there in france, tending the dying in the trenches.
  他远赴法国，照顾那些在战壕中垂死的士兵。
• 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。
• The soldiers fought in trenches for ten days.
  士兵们在堑壕阵地上打了十天仗。
• We dug trenches to drain away the dirty water.
  我们开沟排去污水。
• They were digging trenches to shelter the men from gunfire.
  他们在挖战壕以免受炮火的袭击。
• The soldiers were digging trenches.
  士兵们（那时）正在挖战壕。
• 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。
• 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。