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I . trench [trentʃ] N

II . trench [trentʃ] VB trans

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III . trench [trentʃ] VB intr (on, upon)

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trench coat N

Usage examples with trenches

dig trenches for drainage
挖排水沟

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The rain out here has made the trenches perfectly dreadful.
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The jumping jack type is mainly used to compact the backfill in narrow trenches for water or gas supply pipes etc.
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Sanitary conditions in the trenches were quite poor, and common infections included dysentery, typhus, and cholera.
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There were 12 strong points along the first trench line, and a complete second line of trenches to fall back into.
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By now the trenches were complete with overhead protection and arranged to give an all-round defence.
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Depending on the map, terrain features can include a variety of features providing concealment and cover, such as hills, hedges, foxholes, trenches, streams and buildings.
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Oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor.
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Just like infiltration trenches, swales also attenuate, filter and clean water.
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In preparation for the last extremity he had bombproof shelters built, trenches six feet deep and covered with timbers and two to four feet of sandbags and earth.
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These fascines made possible the crossing of trenches and antitank ditches 3.5 m wide and 1.2 m deep.
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