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 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。
• They were mining the enemy's trenches.
  他们在挖掘地道直通敌人战壕。
• We are digging trenches for a water system.
  我们正在替供水系统挖水沟。
• The soldiers fought in trenches for ten days.
  士兵们在堑壕阵地上打了十天仗。
• He saw action in the trenches.
  他在战壕里战斗。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The soldiers were digging trenches.
  士兵们（那时）正在挖战壕。
• 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。