Trench



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• n.沟, 壕沟
• ［英］ n.沟, 壕沟 ( a long cut in the ground;ditch)
• ［记］ 注意构词: entrenched ( 牢固的, 确立的) "

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English trenche track cut through a wood, from Anglo-French, act of cutting, ditch, from trencher, trenchier to cut, probably from Vulgar Latin *trinicare to cut in three, from Latin trini three each — more at trine
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a long cut in the ground ; ditch; especially one used for military defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front
  • b. plural a place, position, or level at which an activity is carried on in a manner likened to trench warfare — often used in the phrase in the trenches<activists working in the trenches>
• 2. a long, narrow, and usually steep-sided depression in the ocean floor — compare trough
• 3. trench coat

II. verb

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make a cut in ; carve
  • 2.
    • a. to protect with or as if with a trench
    • b. to cut a trench in ; ditch
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. entrench, encroach <trenching on other domains which were more vital — Sir Winston Churchill>
    • b. to come close ; verge
  • 2. to dig a trench

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