trough
noun[C]
uk/trɒf/us/trɑːf/troughnoun[C](CONTAINER)
along,narrowcontainerwithout alidthat usuallyholdswaterorfoodforfarmanimals:
槽;饮水槽;饲料槽cowsat thefeedingtrough在喂食槽吃草的牛
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Animal food
- alfalfa
- bird feeder
- birdseed
- buckwheat
- cattle cake
- feeder
- feedstock
- fodder
- forage
- hay
- haylage
- manger
- oats
- pasture
- pigswill
- rye
- salt lick
- slop
- treat
- water
troughnoun[C](LOW POINT)
alowpointin aregularseriesof high andlowpoints:
低谷;低谷期,萧条期Investingsmallamountsregularlyis a good way ofsmoothingout thepeaksandtroughs of thestockmarket.定期小额投资是均衡股市高峰和低谷的好办法。
environmentspecialized
(in thestudyofweatherpatterns) alongareaoflowairpressurebetween twoareasof highairpressure:
低压槽,槽形低压A troughoflowpressureoverhillyareaswillbringheavythunderstormsovernight.丘陵地区上空的低气压槽将在一夜之间带来强雷阵雨。
Higher and lower points of achievement
- apex
- apogee
- capstone
- climax
- fulfilment
- glory days
- height
- heyday
- high point
- high tide
- Indian summer
- peak
- plumb
- plumb the depthsidiom
- prime
- rock bottom
- slow burner
- summit
- the acme
- zenith
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Describing bad weather
Idiom
have/getyoursnout in the trough
trough
verb
informaluk/trɒf/us/trɑːf/troughverb(EAT)
[T]UK
toeatsomethingquicklyandeagerly,especiallyinlargeamounts:
大吃,饕餮,狼吞虎咽She wassittingthere troughingchocolate.她坐在那里大吃巧克力。
Eating
- al desko
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- break breadidiom
- cram
- fall on/uponsomeone
- feast
- feast onsomething
- feeder
- feeding
- inhale
- mainline
- partake
- pick
- pick atsomething
- picnic
- pig
- shovel
- tuck
troughverb(LOW LEVEL)
[I]
toreachalowlevel,price, etc. before going up again:
在上升之前落入(程度,价格等的)低谷Theeconomytroughed sixmonthsago and is nowgrowingagain.六个月前经济陷入低谷,现在又开始增长了。
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- haircut
- rollback
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- shave
- telescope