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

• 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 sit in wet trenches, and are constantly under heavy fire from artillery, tanks and mortars.
  我们呆在潮湿的战壕里，不停的遭到重炮，坦克和迫击炮的轰炸。
• Your education gave you a foundation for the job, but growth happens in the trenches.
  你的教育经历为你提供了一个工作基础，但成长往往发生在第一线。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 are digging trenches to drain the water away.
  他们正在掘沟排水。
• The fighters in the trenches stayed down while the enemy shells were exploding.
  当敌人的炮弹爆炸时，战壕中的战士们都卧倒了。
• He made a comedy set in the trenches.
  以战壕为背景，拍了一部喜剧。
• It was in winter that they dug trenches and laid the oil pipes.
  他们是在冬天挖沟铺设油管的。