a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink from 槽；饲料槽；饮水槽 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- drinking
- feeding
- watering
- …
- (specialist)
a long narrow region of low air pressure between two regions of higher pressure 低压槽 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- reach
- the peaks and troughs
a period of time when the level of something is low, especially a time when a business or the economy is not growing 低谷；（企业或经济的）低潮，萧条阶段 Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc2The economy is unlikely to reach its trough until the turn of the year. 经济在今年年底前不太可能探底。 The stock market fell by 48% from peak to trough. 股票市场下跌了48%，从高峰降到了低谷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- reach
- the peaks and troughs
a low area between two waves in the sea, or two hills （海浪间的）波谷；（小山间的）槽谷，盆状洼地 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- reach
- the peaks and troughs
Word OriginOld English trog, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch trog and German Trog, also to tree.
Idioms
get/have your nose/snout in the trough
- (British English, informal, disapproving)
if you say that people have their noses in the trough, you mean that they are trying to get a lot of money for themselves 钱槽；钱眼