Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - trench
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Trench
trench
~ n 1 a long narrow hole dug into the surface of the ground (Plant your roses in a trench filled with manure.) 2 a deep trench dug in the ground as a protection for soldiers (the trenches of World War I) 3 technical a long narrow valley in the ground beneath the sea (the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean)
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1.
(trenches) 1. A trench is a long narrow channel that is cut into the ground, for example in order to lay pipes or get rid of water. N-COUNT 2. A trench is 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 as the trenches. We fought with them in the trenches. ...trench warfare. N-COUNT: usu the N in pl, N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e track cut through a wood, from Anglo-French, act of cutting, ditch, from ~er, ~ier to cut, probably from Vulgar Latin *trinicare to cut in three, from Latin trini three each — more at trine Date: 15th century 1. a. a long cut in the ground ; ditch; especially one used for military defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front b. plural a place, position, or level at which an activity is carried on in a manner likened to ~ warfare — often used in the phrase in the ~es activists working in the ~es 2. a long, narrow, and usually steep-sided depression in the ocean floor — compare trough 3. ~ coat II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to make a cut in ; carve 2. a. to protect with or as if with a ~ b. to cut a ~ in ; ditch intransitive verb 1. a. en~, encroach ~ing on other domains which were more vital — Sir Winston Churchill b. to come close ; verge 2. to dig a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. & v. --n. 1 a long narrow usu. deep depression or ditch. 2 Mil. a this dug by troops to stand in and be sheltered from enemy fire. b (in pl.) a defensive system of these. 3 a long narrow deep depression in the ocean bed. --v. 1 tr. dig a trench or trenches in (the ground). 2 tr. turn over the earth of (a field, garden, etc.) by digging a succession of adjoining ditches. 3 intr. (foll. by on, upon) archaic a encroach. b verge or border closely. Phrases and idioms trench coat 1 a soldier's lined or padded waterproof coat. 2 a loose belted raincoat. trench fever a highly infectious disease transmitted by lice, that infested soldiers in the trenches in the war of 1914-18. trench mortar a light simple mortar throwing a bomb from one's own into the enemy trenches. trench warfare hostilities carried on from more or less permanent trenches. Etymology: ME f. OF trenche (n.) trenchier (v.), ult. f. L truncare TRUNCATE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) траншея; канава; шурф; котлован 2) зуб (земляной плотины) 3) замок (плотины) 4) паз (в соединениях деревянных элементов) 5) (шламовый) канал (для окалины) 6) канавка; углубление - absorption trench - bottom trench - cable trench - concrete-filled trench - core trench - cutoff trench - draining trench - dredged trench - energy dissipating trench - exploration trench - foundation trench - isolation trench - key trench - partial cutoff trench - pipcline trench - pipc trench - recessed trench - sloping-side cutoff trench - sloping-side trench - trial trench - vertical-side cutoff trench - vertical-side trench ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
5.
траншея, канава, ров; котлован; шурф копать, рыть, отрывать прорезать absorption trench core trench creep trench cutoff trench dredged trench test trench toe trench underwater trench working trench ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) высечка 2) канава 3) котлован 4) ров 5) траншейный 6) траншея carry down trench — закладывать траншею - deep trench - explorating trench - exploratory trench - gutter trench - permanent trench - silage trench - trench isolation - working trench ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. ров, канава; борозда, котлован water (irrigation) trench —- ирригационный ров (-ая канава) to dig a trench —- копать канаву и т. п. 2. воен. окоп, траншея dummy trench —- ложный окоп to open trenches —- рыть траншеи to mount (to relieve) the trenches —- сменять посты в траншеях we are on different sides of the trenches —- мы находимся в разных окопах (по разные стороны баррикады) 3. (океанская) впадина 4. каньон 5. котловина (в горах) 6. шрам, порез, глубокая морщина (на лице) 7. анат. полость 8. горн. шурф 9. рыть, копать (канаву, ров, окоп, траншею) 10. вскапывать to trench the ground —- вскапывать землю to trench the soil —- с-х. оборачивать почву, перекапывать землю 11. осушать при помощи канав, дренировать (землю и т. п.) 12. окружать траншеями или окопами to trench the place —- изрезать местность окопами 13. защищать траншеями или окопами to trench an outpost —- отрыть окоп для аванпоста 14. прорезать (борозды, желобки и т. п.); прорубать (просеку) inscriptions trenched in the stone —- надписи, вырезанные на камне 15. (on, upon) посягать; вторгаться to trench upon smb.'s time —- отнимать время у кого-л. to trench upon smb.'s rights —- посягать на чьи-л. права to trench upon smb.'s sphere —- вторгаться в чью-л. область 16. (on, upon) граничить (с чем-л.), быть на грани (чего-л.) to trench (up)on vulgarity —- граничить с вульгарностью ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1395, "track cut through a wood," later "long, narrow ditch" (1489), from O.Fr. trenche "a slice, ditch," from trenchier "to cut," possibly from V.L. *trincare, from L. truncare "to cut or lop off." Trenches for military protection are first so called c.1500. Trench-coat first recorded 1916, a type of coat worn by British officers in the trenches. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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