Ditchname

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  derogatoryobsoleteslangThe city of Calcutta.

ditchnoun詞源 1/dɪt͡ʃ/

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  A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

  • Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.
  • The truck careered off the road into a ditch.
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  A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.

  • You flung a ditch on my vision Of beauty, love and truth. O stony grey soil of Monaghan You burgled my bank of youth!
  • The original ditches were created by digging trenches, as boundaries and/or irrigation. But to the English, the ditch is the trench. Whereas in Ireland, the ditch is the raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. (As for the trench, where I come from that’s a sheugh).

ditchverb詞源 1/dɪt͡ʃ/

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  To discard or abandon.

  • Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
  • Why did you ditch your last boyfriend? He was so nice to you.
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  aeronauticsaerospaceaviationTo deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.

  • When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
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  To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

  • The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
  • "No, instead, it just had enough power to transform me, overload, and force me to wait to change back! I had to ditch school!"
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  To dig ditches.

  • Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
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  To dig ditches around.

  • The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
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  To throw into a ditch.

  • The engine was ditched and turned on its side.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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