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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- trough
[trɔf]
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1.
noun
[c]
(for feeding animals) 槽
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2.
noun
[fig]
(low point) 低谷
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a trough of low pressure
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[气象] 低压槽
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- trough
[trɔf]
[trɔ(ː)f]
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1.
noun
饲料槽，（饲）槽
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2.
noun
和面槽；洗槽，水槽
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3.
noun
[建筑]
檐槽
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4.
noun
[Physics]
波谷
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5.
noun
经济周期的低潮
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6.
noun
[Meteorology]
低压槽
Collins English-English Dictionary
- trough
[trɒf]
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1.
n
a narrow open container, esp one in which food or water for animals is put
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2.
n
a narrow channel, gutter, or gulley
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3.
n
a narrow depression either in the land surface, ocean bed, or between two successive waves
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4.
n
[meteorol]
an elongated area of low pressure, esp an extension of a depression - Compare ridge
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5.
n
a single or temporary low point; depression
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6.
n
[Physics]
the portion of a wave, such as a light wave, in which the amplitude lies below its average value
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7.
n
[Economics]
the lowest point or most depressed stage of the trade cycle
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8.
vi.
[intr]
[Spoken]
to eat, consume, or take greedily
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9.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English troh; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse trog trough, Dutch trügge ladle
Examples
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a trough of low pressure
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[气象] 低压槽
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水槽
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water trough
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猪食缸
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(pig) trough
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他把足量的草料倒在马食槽子里。
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He poured enough horse food into the trough.
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俗话说一个槽子栓不了两头叫驴。
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As the saying goes, "you cannot tie two jackasses to the same trough," just as one mountain does not allow two tigers.
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给牲口的石槽添足水和饲料吧，我们可能要出去一整天。
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Add enough water and fodder to the trough, we might be out for a whole day.
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