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

• The soldiers were digging trenches.
  士兵们（那时）正在挖战壕。
• They were mining the enemy's trenches.
  他们在挖掘地道直通敌人战壕。
• The soldiers fought in trenches for ten days.
  士兵们在堑壕阵地上打了十天仗。
• We must dig trenches to drain the water away.
  我们必须开沟排水。
• They are digging trenches to drain the water away.
  他们正在掘沟排水。
• Two or three soldiers left the trenches and hid behind a house that wasn't burning yet.
  两到三个士兵离开了战壕躲藏在一座还没有烧起来的房子后面。
• Their defences were poor& the trenches were too shallow and they had very few gun emplacements.
  他们的防御工事太差了&战壕这么浅，几乎没有枪炮掩体。
• 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。
• 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。
• They dug trenches in their path and set booby traps.
  他们在小路上挖深沟设饵雷。