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

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。
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。
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。
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。
They were digging trenches to shelter the men from gunfire.
他们在挖战壕以免受炮火的袭击。
We must dig trenches to drain the water away.
我们必须开沟排水。
This occurs in trenches, also called subduction zones.
这个过程发生在海沟。也叫作俯冲带。
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。
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。
They are digging trenches to drain the water away.
他们正在掘沟排水。