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ditch
1. n. Fossé.
Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.
Creuser des fossés a longtemps été considéré comme l'une des formes les plus exigeantes du travail manuel.
2. v. (Intransitif) Creuser des fossés.
Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
Le mouvement des enclosures a amené un plein emploi en hiver pour la réalisation des clôtures et le creusement des fossés.
3. v. (Transitif) Creuser des fossés autour de.
The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
Les soldats ont creusé des fossés autour de la tente pour éviter les inondations.
4. v. (Transitif) Jeter dans un fossé.
The engine was ditched and turned on its side.
5. v. (Transitif) Abandonner, quitter.
Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
Une fois que le soleil est apparu, nous avons abandonné nos vêtements de pluie et commencé un feu de camp.
6. v. (Intransitif) Faire délibérément atterrir en urgence un avion sur la mer.
When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
Lorsque le deuxième moteur s'arrêta, le pilote fut obligé d'atterrir en urgence sur la mer ; leur dernier emplacement était juste au sud des Açores.
7. v. (Familier) (Intransitif) Sécher (un cours).
The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
Le responsable de l'absentéisme a attrapé Louise en train de sécher les cours avec ses amis ; les parents ont du payer une amende.
anglais > anglais
ditch
1. n. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.
2. v. To discard or abandon.
Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
3. v. (intransitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
4. v. (intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
5. v. (intransitive) To dig ditches.
Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
6. v. To dig ditches around.
The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
7. v. To throw into a ditch.
The engine was ditched and turned on its side.
8. v. alternative form of deech
9. n. alternative form of deech

Prononciation

Exemples de phrases

I know it's in a ditch.  Now it lies, a single field, rolling up the gentle slope from the road, without a hedge, track or ditch for as far as I can see.  Then I heaved everything I was carrying into a ditch.  He cooperates, or he ends up in a ditch with a bullet in his belly.

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