单词 | trough |
释义 | trough UK [trɒf] US [trɑ:f] noun countable CONTAINER 容器 ■a long narrow container without a lid that usually holds water or food for farm animals 槽;饮水槽;饲料槽 •cows at the feeding trough在喂食槽吃草的牛 UK [trɒf] US [trɑ:f] noun countable LOW POINT 低谷 ■a low point in a regular series of high and low points 低谷;低谷期,萧条期 •Investing small amounts regularly is a good way of smoothing out the peaks and ■specialized ■(in the study of weather patterns) a long area of low air pressure between two areas of high air pressure 低压槽,槽形低压 •A trough of low pressure UK [trɒf] US [trɑ:f] noun countable have / get your snout in the trough ■to have or get a share of a supply of money or some other advantage which people eagerly and sometimes dishonestly take 便宜;不应得的利益 •The council had been handing out grants indiscriminately, and people were hurrying to get their snouts in the trough.市政会一直在不加鉴别地分发补助金,结果人们都趋之若鹜地去捞一份。 UK [trɒf] US [trɑ:f] verb transitive informal ■to eat something quickly and eagerly, especially in large amounts 大吃;饕餮,狼吞虎咽(快速而热切地吃东西,尤指大量地吃) •She was sitting there troughing chocolate.她坐在那里大吃巧克力。 |
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