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Trench Cut Ditch French Latin Trentʃ N 沟,壕沟

单词 trench
音标 [trentʃ]
解释 n. 沟,壕沟
红宝书 【英】 n.沟,壕沟(a long cut in the ground;ditch)
【记】 注意构词:entrenche d(牢固的,确立的)
字源 trench (n.)
late 14c., "track cut through a wood," later "long, narrow ditch" (late 15c.), from Old French trenche "a slice, cut, gash, slash; defensive ditch" (13c., Modern French tranche), from trenchier "to cut, carve, slice," possibly from Vulgar Latin *trincare, from Latin truncare "to cut or lop off" (see truncate). Trenches for military protection are first so called c.1500. Trench warfare first attested 1918. Trench-coat first recorded 1916, a type of coat worn by British officers in the trenches during World War I.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】源自truncate 切割, e=u 挖沟;音:城池,城池周围得有壕沟;音:圈起,自己周围圈起一圈壕沟

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