trench

trinchera

Hueco largo y estrecho donde se sitúan los soldados para protegerse de los ataques enemigos.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: defensive ditch

Expresiones frecuentes: in the trench, a front-line trench, trench warfare

zanja, fosa

Hueco largo y estrecho en el suelo, formado por personas o por fuerzas naturales.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: ditch

Expresiones frecuentes: dig a trench, a deep trench, an ocean trench

abrir zanjas

Cavar huecos o canales largos y estrechos en un terreno.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: ditch

Expresiones frecuentes: trench the land, trench for drainage, trench a field

cavar profundamente

Cavar la tierra profundamente en filas, pasando la tierra de cada nuevo hueco al anterior.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: double-dig

Expresiones frecuentes: trench a garden, trench the soil, trench a bed