ditches n. (马术)沟;壕沟;水道(ditch的复数)
vt. 开沟于…;挖沟(ditch的第三人称单数)
- They are forced to use fields, backyards, ditches, and streams.
他们被迫使用田地、后院、渠道和溪流。 - One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone.
有一天,在我下班回家的路上,注意到路政处已经把那沟渠修整一番,使我沮丧的是那里漂亮的蔚蓝花簇也已经不见了。 - In dry regions, sewers may be placed only in high-value districts, while streets and roadside ditches serve as surface drains in sparsely populated areas.
在干旱地区,排水系统仅仅放置在高值地区,而在人口稀少地区,街道和路边沟渠为地表排水服务。
Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the
same word as dik. See {Dike}.]
1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a
trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing
inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or
fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat}
or a {fosse}.
2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of
the earth.