a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink from Topics Farmingc2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 compare ridge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