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。
• 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。
• The soldiers were digging trenches.
  士兵们（那时）正在挖战壕。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 must dig trenches to drain the water away.
  我们必须开沟排水。
• 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。
• The trenches sheltered us from enemy gunfire.
  战壕掩蔽我们不受敌人炮火袭击。