Trench

(noun.) a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth.

(noun.) any long ditch cut in the ground.

(noun.) a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor.

(verb.) dig a trench or trenches; 'The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench'.

(verb.) cut a trench in, as for drainage; 'ditch the land to drain it'; 'trench the fields'.

(verb.) set, plant, or bury in a trench; 'trench the fallen soldiers'; 'trench the vegetables'.

(verb.) cut or carve deeply into; 'letters trenched into the stone'.

(verb.) fortify by surrounding with trenches; 'He trenched his military camp'.

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• It may be a pit, a box, a mow, a tank, a building, or a trench in the earth. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• These transplanters will dig the plant trench, distribute the fertiliser, set the plant, pack the earth and water the plant, automatically. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He started as they passed the angle of the trench--it looked like a colossal grave. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• At Dewlish in Dorset, an artificial trench has been found which is supposed to have been a Pal?olithic trap for elephants. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This the Romans besieged, and a period of trench warfare ensued. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A double stockade, or palisade, composed of pointed beams, which the adjacent forest supplied, defended the outer and inner bank of the trench. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The first person who addressed her was one Mr. Trench; a certain short-sighted, pedantic man, whom most people know about town. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The column moving detached from the army still in the trenches was, excluding the cavalry, very small. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He fortified his new position, and our trenches were then extended from the left of our main line to connect with his new one. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Constantinople was invested, trenches dug, and advances made. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The forces in the trenches were themselves extending to the left flank. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• These mines can be thrown for a considerable distance and create havoc in the enemy’s trenches if the aim is true. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Arm and put in the trenches your quartermaster employees, citizens, etc. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• These answered as cochorns, and shells were successfully thrown from them into the trenches of the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She grieved for the loss of Raymond with an anguish, that exiled all smile from her lips, and trenched sad lines on her brow of beauty. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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