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dig a ditch
ditch 是可数名词，复数形式为 ditches。
The workers dug a ditch along the road.
工人们沿路挖了一条沟渠。
沟；沟渠
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沟；沟渠
A long narrow channel dug in the ground, used for irrigation or drainage.
The workers dug a ditch along the road.
工人们沿路挖了一条沟渠。
沟渠；供灌溉或排水用的浅长凹槽
A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
地面上狭长的沟槽
a long narrow excavation in the earth
小型天然水道
any small natural waterway
The farmer dug a ditch along the field to drain the rainwater.
农民沿着田地挖了一条沟渠来排掉雨水。
Water from the road flowed into the ditch beside the house.
路上的水流进了屋子旁边的沟里。
The tractor got stuck in the muddy ditch near the farm.
拖拉机陷在农场附近的泥沟里。
ditch 是可数名词，复数形式为 ditches。
The workers dug a ditch along the road.
工人们沿路挖了一条沟渠。
drainage ditch 是常见搭配，专指用于排水的沟渠。
The drainage ditch carries rainwater away from the field.
排水沟把雨水从田里排走。
表示掉进沟里时，常用 fall into a/the ditch。
Be careful not to fall into the ditch.
小心别掉进沟里。
Not this
The farmer dug two ditchs along the field.
Use this
The farmer dug two ditches along the field.
ditch 以 ch 结尾，变复数时要加 -es，而不是直接加 -s。
Not this
The tractor fell into ditch.
Use this
The tractor fell into a ditch.
ditch 是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词，a ditch 表示“一条沟渠”。
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排水沟
Workers are clearing a blocked drainage ditch.
工人们正在清理一条堵塞的排水沟。
灌溉渠
The farmer opened the irrigation ditch to water the field.
农民打开灌溉渠给田地浇水。
路边的沟渠
The car skidded off the road and landed in a roadside ditch.
汽车滑出路面，冲进了路边的沟渠。
挖沟
They had to dig a ditch to divert the floodwater.
他们不得不挖一条沟来引开洪水。
掉进沟里
Be careful not to fall into the ditch in the dark.
天黑时小心别掉进沟里。
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可数名词，复数形式为 ditches（直接加 -es）。
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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