Ditch
[ dɪtʃ ]
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n. 沟渠;壕沟;
vt. 摆脱，抛弃;在…上掘沟;把…开入沟里;使（火车）出轨;
vi. 使（飞机）在海上紧急降落，（在海上）迫降;开沟;
📝 例句
The pilot ditched at sea.
驾驶员在海上迫降。
He stumbled and took a header into the ditch.
他跌了一跤而栽到沟里去了。
A sudden engine failure forced the pilot to ditch (in the Irish Sea).
由於发动机突然出现故障, 飞行员不得不（在爱尔兰海上）紧急降落.
He skipped briskly over the fence, and made for an overgrown ditch and bank.
他轻巧地跳过篱笆，走向一个长满荒草的沟。
I ditched my car the other day.
前几天我把车开到沟里了。
🌱 联想助记
【串】他掉进沥青(pitch)沟(ditch)里摔伤了,到医院缝了好几针(stitch)
【记】※谐音“地气”:地下冒出来的地气息,使人们想起发臭的沟渠
※ ditch-水沟,itch-发痒:掉进水沟,全身发痒
※ di-拼音“弟”,t-似“伞”,ch-拼音“长”:弟弟用伞挖出了一条长长的沟渠
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
ditch
n
1 narrow channel dug at the edge of a field, road, etc, esp to hold or carry off water （田边、 路边等挖掘的）沟（尤指用以蓄水或排水者）.
2 (idm 习语) dull as ditch-water => dull. the last ditch => last1. ditch, v
1 [I, Tn] land (an aircraft) in the sea in an emergency 使（飞行器）在海上紧急降落; 迫降
A sudden engine failure forced the pilot to ditch (in the Irish Sea). 由於发动机突然出现故障, 飞行员不得不（在爱尔兰海上）紧急降落.
2 [Tn] (infml 口) abandon (sb/sth); get rid of 抛弃（某人[某事物]）; 摆脱
I hear she's ditched her boy-friend, ie stopped seeing him. 听说她把男朋友给甩了.
When the road became impassable, we had to ditch the car and walk. 道路无法通行时, 我们只好弃车步行.
3 [I] make or repair ditches 挖沟; 修沟
hedging and ditching 筑篱和挖沟.
🎯 考研助记
地气(谐音):地气来自 沟 渠 网友：88.66ip.com 补充：dit(dig挖) + ch(谐音:池):挖个池子造沟渠
🔁 扩展释义
*[ditʃ]n. 沟渠vt. 在...开沟vi. 开沟【医】 沟渠
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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The building of skyscrapers in New York began around the year 1900.
在1900年左右，摩天楼开始在纽约兴建。
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作，切掉旧的金属，焊接新的金属板，钻孔，埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。