trench
trench
/trentʃ/
1 a long, deep hole dug in the ground, for example for carrying away water
Workmen were digging a trench beside the road.
Collocations
adjective
deepnarrowshallow…
verb + trench
dig
trench + noun
warfarefoot
preposition
in the trench
2 a long, deep hole dug in the ground in which soldiers can be protected from enemy attacks (for example in northern France and Belgium in the First World War)
life in the trenches
They had not been prepared for the horrors of trench warfare.
3 (also ocean trench) a long, deep, narrow hole in the ocean floor
Word Origin
late Middle English (in the senses ‘track cut through a wood’ and ‘sever by cutting’): from Old French trenche (noun), trenchier (verb), based on Latin truncare ‘to maim’.
e.g.
This is it. No turning back. Another Christmas in the trenches. いくぞ 宣戦布告だ また僕が相手だぞ（吹き替えは「いよいよだ もう引き返せない 第二次クリスマス大戦開始」） (/yupeco/『ホーム・アローン2』)