Ditch - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Примеры использования:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun

Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.

Примеры использования:

She sings and sways with total abandon

verb

Forsake; leave behind

noun

A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle.

Примеры использования:

I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood

verb

End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly.

Примеры использования:

The company is axing 125 jobs

noun

A tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting wood

Примеры использования:

Julian used an axe to chop down the old apple tree.

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Примеры использования:

The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, …

verb

Direct towards a particular end or object.

Примеры использования:

The council is to channel public funds into training schemes

noun

A passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along

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The english channel, she switched to another channel to watch the news., we’ve established a regula…

noun

A channel for conveying water or other fluid.

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Nearby springs supplied the conduit which ran into the brewery

noun

A way of connecting two places, systems, etc.

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There is growth in sales to hong kong, the conduit for exports to the rest of the area., conduit be…

noun

A pipe or passage for water or electrical wires to go through

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They make pipes and tubes that are used in construction and as electrical conduits., cracks in the …

verb

Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.

Примеры использования:

Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded

noun

A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.

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Caught by bottom-trawling, which causes damage to the seabed, and is part of a complex mixed fisher…

verb

Anything that is cast aside

phrasal verb

Terminate, end, or take out

phrasal verb

To get rid of or destroy something

Примеры использования:

The governor is proposing to do away with the state transportation department.

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Примеры использования:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Примеры использования:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

verb

Emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Примеры использования:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.

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The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

verb

Let fall to the ground

noun

A tube or passageway in a building or machine for air, liquid, cables, etc.

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Leading the air through ducts in the floor

verb

Convey through a duct.

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A ventilation system that must be ducted through the wall

noun

A tube or pipe in a building that carries liquid or air or protects wires

Примеры использования:

Air conditioning requires ventilating ducts., tear ducts

noun

A site for depositing rubbish.

Примеры использования:

Putting a halting site beside a dump was unfair in the first place.

verb

Deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way.

Примеры использования:

Trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here

verb

To put down or drop something heavy without caring where it goes, or to get rid of something or someone no longer wanted

Примеры использования:

The ship was accused of dumping garbage overboard., she missed too many rehearsals and was dumped f…

noun

A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.

Примеры использования:

Ponds are separated by dikes that prevent flooding and provide access routes to the ponds for elect…

verb

Provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding.

Примеры использования:

They dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer

noun

A lesbian.

verb

Make (a hole or channel) by digging.

Примеры использования:

The cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench

verb

To dig a hole or channel in the ground, or to make a hole or channel by removing earth

Примеры использования:

[ i ] we’ll be excavating here for the foundation of the building., [ t ] archaeologists are excava…

verb

To remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past

Примеры использования:

Ice age bones are being excavated in the caves.

noun

A group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership.

Примеры использования:

The small port supports a fishing fleet

adjective

Fast and nimble in movement.

Примеры использования:

A man of advancing years, but fleet of foot

noun

A marshland creek, channel, or ditch.

Примеры использования:

Sam explained that the 3,000 acres of the nature reserve is the largest in the english lowlands, th…

collocation

Dispose of

phrase

Take action so as to be free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing)

Примеры использования:

We have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years

idiom

To find a way to make someone leave because you do not want the person to be with you any longer

Примеры использования:

We finally got rid of my little sister by telling her scary stories., i can’t wait to get rid of th…

noun

A ravine formed by the action of water.

Примеры использования:

The tidal bore comes in faster than a galloping horse, but first wilful surging water fills gullies…

verb

(of water) make gullies or deep channels in (land).

Примеры использования:

The track was gulleyed by rain

noun

A channel cut by running water, which is usually dry except after heavy rain

noun

A shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.

Примеры использования:

I recall considering grabbing the gutter on the roof edge as it rose past me, but doubted it would …

verb

(of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.

Примеры использования:

The candle flickered, and after a moment, the little flame guttered out.

noun

A channel at the lower edge of a roof for carrying away rain, or a side of a road that is lower than the center of the road, where water and garbage collects

Примеры использования:

Every fall we have to clean leaves out of the gutters., the campaign went right into the gutter onc…

exclamation

Used in writing to represent laughter

verb

Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.

Примеры использования:

Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea

noun

The action of jettisoning something.

Примеры использования:

The jettison lever

verb

To throw away or get rid of something that is not wanted or needed

Примеры использования:

Some of her material will probably be jettisoned for the tv show., the bombs were jettisoned over t…

noun

Old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value.

Примеры использования:

The cellars are full of junk

verb

Discard or abandon unceremoniously.

Примеры использования:

Sort out what could be sold off and junk the rest

noun

A flat-bottomed sailing vessel of a kind typical of china and the east indies, with a prominent stem and lugsails.

Примеры использования:

There is some evidence for development of robust, high-seas sailing junks in china by thirteenth ce…

noun

A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defence against attack.

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Its present appearance, a picturesque ruin surrounded by a wide moat full of water lilies, masks it…

verb

Surround (a place) with a moat.

Примеры использования:

He erected the castle on the top of a steep rock, and moated it round.

noun

A long, wide hole that is dug all the way around a place such as a castle and usually filled with water, to make it more difficult to attack

noun

The fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts.

Примеры использования:

Create a living smorgasbord that includes plants with berries, foliage, fruit, nectar, nuts, pollen…

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Примеры использования:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Примеры использования:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

noun

A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.

Примеры использования:

I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper

verb

Discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.

Примеры использования:

A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant

verb

Engage in a minor fight or quarrel.

Примеры использования:

The older boys started scrapping with me

verb

Rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water.

Примеры использования:

He had to scrub the floor

noun

An act of scrubbing something or someone.

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Give the floor a good scrub

noun

Vegetation consisting mainly of brushwood or stunted forest growth.

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A desert plain dotted with scrub

noun

A simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop.

Примеры использования:

A bicycle shed

verb

Park (a vehicle) in a depot.

Примеры использования:

The buses were temporarily shedded in that depot

verb

(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground.

Примеры использования:

Both varieties shed leaves in winter

verb

Place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf.

Примеры использования:

We had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day

verb

(of ground) slope downwards in a specified manner or direction.

Примеры использования:

The ground shelved gently down to the water

verb

To put something on a shelf or shelves

Примеры использования:

Would you shelve these books while i unpack the rest?, i shelved plans to buy a new car, because i …

collocation

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

Discard something as unwanted.

Примеры использования:

I threw out all the old torn clothes

phrasal verb

(of a court, legislature, or other body) dismiss or reject something brought before it.

Примеры использования:

The charges were thrown out by the magistrate

noun

A long, narrow ditch.

Примеры использования:

Dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire

verb

Dig a trench or trenches in (the ground).

Примеры использования:

She trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet

noun

A narrow channel dug into the ground

Примеры использования:

I dug a trench around the tent to keep rain water from getting in.

noun

A long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.

Примеры использования:

A water trough

verb

Eat greedily.

Примеры использования:

The culprit turned out to be my dog, caught red-handed troughing into the berries when she thought …

noun

A narrow, open box to hold water or food for animals

Примеры использования:

Investors have to live through stock market troughs.

noun

A brook, stream, or artificially constructed water channel.

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It should never be spread close to a watercourse, and tanks should never be cleaned beside a stream…