- [transitive] ditch something/somebody (informal) to get rid of something/somebody because you no longer want or need it/them摆脱;抛弃;丢弃
- The new road building programme has been ditched.新的道路建设计划已废弃。
- He ditched his girlfriend.他把女朋友给甩了。
- [transitive, intransitive] ditch (something) if a pilot ditches an aircraft, or if it ditches, it lands in the sea in an emergency使(飞机)在海上紧急降落;(在海上)迫降Topics Transport by airc2
- [transitive] ditch school (North American English, informal) to stay away from school without permission逃学;旷课Topics Educationc2
Word OriginOld English dīc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dijk ‘ditch, dyke’ and German Teich ‘pond, pool’, also to dyke, in its geographical sense.