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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.

词根:trench = to cut

  来自拉丁语的trench 意为to cut。同义词根有来自盎格鲁-撒克逊语的tail,来自拉丁语的cis,cop/coup,scind/scis,sect,sever,tons和来自希腊语的tom(tem)。

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1. retrench(向后截断re(=back) + trench(=cut))
  v.减少(费用),紧缩;节约
  retrenchment n.紧缩;节约经费
  The corporation was forced to retrench in light of falling revenues.由于收益减少,那家公司不得不缩减开支。

2. entrench(在内部截断en(=in) + trench(=cut))
  vt.用壕沟围住,以壕沟防护;确立
  entrenchment n.战壕;挖壕沟
  Approval of commercial whaling is deeply entrenched in Japanese society.日本社会对商业性捕鲸活动的认可已经根深蒂固。

3. trenchant(截断的trench(=cut))
  adj.(话语)锋利的;尖锐的;(政策)有力的;(轮廓)清晰的
  trench v.掘沟,挖战壕;(n.)战壕,沟渠;海沟
  trenchancy n.尖锐,锋利
  trenchantly adv.光锐地,锋利地
  We'll miss your trenchant comments at these meetings after you retire.您退任之后,我们会怀念在会议上所发表的那些一针见血的评论的。

4. trench
  n.沟;沟渠;战壕
  v.挖沟;侵占;挖战壕;侵害

5. trencher
  n.挖战壕的人;(尤其指旧时招待客人时用的)大木盘
  trencherman 食客;食量大的人
  trencher cap 大学的方项帽


词根:trench = cut, 表示“切, 割”

trench n. 壕沟(被雨水切割出来的沟)

entrench v. 用壕沟防护,确立…地位(en在…里面+trench→在壕沟里面)

trenchant a. 一针见血的(trench+ant→象刀切进去一样)

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