trench

trincea

Fossa lunga e stretta in cui i soldati si riparano dagli attacchi nemici.

In inglese semplice: A long, narrow hole where soldiers stay to protect themselves from enemy attacks.

• The soldiers waited in the trench.
• Enemy shells exploded near the trenches.
• He spent several months fighting in a muddy trench.

Sinonimi: defensive ditch

Espressioni comuni: in the trench, a front-line trench, trench warfare

fossato, fossa

Cavità lunga e stretta nel terreno, scavata da persone o formata da forze naturali.

In inglese semplice: A long, narrow hole in the ground, made by people or by natural forces.

• They dug a trench for the pipes.
• Rainwater collected in the trench beside the road.
• Some ocean trenches are several kilometres deep.

Sinonimi: ditch

Espressioni comuni: dig a trench, a deep trench, an ocean trench

scavare fossati

Scavare buche o canali lunghi e stretti nel terreno.

In inglese semplice: To dig long, narrow holes or channels in land.

• They trenched the field for drainage.
• Workers are trenching the ground to install new cables.
• We must trench this land before laying the pipes.

Sinonimi: ditch

Espressioni comuni: trench the land, trench for drainage, trench a field

scassare

Scavare profondamente il terreno in file, spostando la terra di ogni nuova buca nella precedente.

In inglese semplice: To dig soil deeply in rows, moving soil from each new hole into the previous one.

• We trenched the vegetable bed.
• The gardener trenched the soil before planting.
• They trench these beds each autumn to improve the soil.

Sinonimi: double-dig

Espressioni comuni: trench a garden, trench the soil, trench a bed