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trencher

/tren-cher/US // ˈtrɛn tʃər //UK // (ˈtrɛntʃə) //

挖沟机,开沟器,挖沟器,挖沟者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that digs trenches.
    • : ditchdigger.
    • : a rectangular or circular flat piece of wood on which meat, or other food, is served or carved.
    • : such a piece of wood and the food on it.
    • : Archaic. food; the pleasures of good eating.

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Examples

  • A knife or fork with horizontal handles does not sit naturally in the curved structure of a trencher or a pottage bowl.

  • For the moment it was this hundredth man Trencher would have to fear.

  • "Crowd chasing a pickpocket, I imagine," said Trencher indifferently.

  • Trencher, looking slantwise to the south, could see them plainly.

  • But Trencher had quit looking that way and was looking another way.

  • Moreover, this person was staring directly in Trencher's direction.