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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   trench

   • IPA[tren(t)SH]

   美式

   • n.
     a long, narrow ditch.；a narrow ditch dug by troops to provide a place of shelter from enemy fire.
   • v.
     dig a trench or trenches in (the ground)；turn over the earth of (a field or garden) by digging a succession of adjoining ditches.

   • verb: trench, 3rd person present: trenches, gerund or present participle: trenching, past tense: trenched, past participle: trenched

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a long, narrow ditch.
   • ▪ a narrow ditch dug by troops to provide a place of shelter from enemy fire.
   • ▪ a connected system of trenches forming an army's line.
   • ▪ the battlefields of northern France and Belgium in World War I the slaughter in the trenches created a new cynicism entry-level teachers are taught the latest classroom techniques by colleagues with experience in the trenches
   • ▪ a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. dig a trench or trenches in (the ground) she trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet
   • ▪ turn over the earth of (a field or garden) by digging a succession of adjoining ditches.
   • 2. archaic border closely on; encroach on this would surely trench very far on the dignity and liberty of citizens