detrench

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cut off or slice; to sever.
    — That I as well may furnish good mens needs / With bleſſings, as detrench th'abuſed ſtore / Of thankles caytiffes; crowne true vertues deeds / With honour, and on vice my vengeance poure.
  2. To dig out and remove from a trench.
    — In some cases these cables still become damaged and this results in lengths of cable having to be detrenched.
  3. To render something that was entrenched less thoroughly established.
    — They found themselves caught up in a mesh of arguments about entrenching, re-entrenching and detrenching, with all the relevant permutations and combinations.
  4. To force (an army) out of trenches, or to be so forced out.
    — Verey lights, no longer needed by the detrenched army, soared with them, descending in wavy pools of radiance.

词形变化

detrenches present,singular,third-person detrenching participle,present detrenched participle,past detrenched past detrenches present,singular,third-person detrenching participle,present detrenched participle,past detrenched past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English.
词源 2
From de- + trench.
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