ditch
US: /ˈdɪtʃ/
UK: /dˈɪtʃ/
UK: /dˈɪtʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ditch /ditʃ/
- danh từ
- hào, rãnh, mương
- (the Ditch) (từ lóng) biển Măng-sơ; biển bắc
- (từ lóng) biển
- to die in the last ditch; to fight up to the last ditch
- chiến đấu đến cùng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
a long channel dug at the side of a field or road, to hold or take away water: The car left the road and ended up in a ditch.
Idioms see LAST adj.
+ verb
1 [VN] (informal) to get rid of sth/sb because you no longer want or need it/them: The new road building programme has been ditched. + He ditched his girlfriend.
2 [VN, V] if a pilot ditches an aircraft, or if it ditches, it lands in the sea in an emergency
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
deep, wide | shallow, small | open
The drainage system consisted of a few open ditches to facilitate run-off.
| muddy | drainage, irrigation | roadside
VERB + DITCH
dig
DITCH + VERB
run
The ditch ran parallel to the road.
| surround sth
His lettuce garden was surrounded by a deep ditch.
PREP.
in/into a ~
I tripped and fell into a muddy ditch.
Concise English dictionary
ditches|ditched|ditchingdɪtʃ
noun
+a long narrow excavation in the earth
+any small natural waterway
verb
+forsake
+throw away
+sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
+make an emergency landing on water
+crash or crash-land
+cut a trench in, as for drainage
