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

• I felt like a soldier trying to sleep in the trenches the night before a major battle.
  我像是个士兵，大战来临前夜试图在战壕上入睡。
• Along the jagged front, men emerged from their muddy trenches.
  在坑坑洼洼的前线，将士们从泥泞的战壕中走出来。
• We dug trenches to drain away the dirty water.
  我们开沟排去污水。
• The cream of Britain's youth was killed in the trenches in the First World War.
  英国青年的精华在第一次世界大战中被残杀的战壕里。
• 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。
• They were mining the enemy's trenches.
  他们在挖掘地道直通敌人战壕。
• They are digging trenches to drain the water away.
  他们正在掘沟排水。
• He saw action in the trenches.
  他在战壕里战斗。
• The trenches sheltered us from enemy gunfire.
  战壕掩蔽我们不受敌人炮火袭击。
• 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。