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1 surface trench
Abbreviation: s.t. -
2 канава
1) General subject: dike, ditch, drain, dyke, gully, outfall, runlet, runnel, trap trench, water gang3) Naval: gulling, kennel, water-gang4) Dialect: holl6) Engineering: canal, channel, cut, dry ditch, furrow (дренажная или ирригационная), groove, pit, rundle7) Agriculture: (дренажная) gaw8) Construction: earth trench, leat, delf10) Mining: goffan, surface trench11) Metallurgy: runner12) Scottish language: cundie13) Jargon: bread and butter (Found him laying in the bread and butter.)14) Oil: opening15) Sociology: open drain16) Advertising: gutter (смежные внутренние поля противолежащих страниц)19) Gold mining: trench -
3 полотно канавы
Gold mining: trench, trench surface, trench walls and bottom, within the trench -
4 полотно траншеи
Gold mining: trench, trench surface, trench walls and bottom, within the trench -
5 открытая траншея
1) Construction: open trench2) Mining: surface trench -
6 aparecer
v.1 to appear (ante la vista).su número de teléfono no aparece en la guía her phone number isn't (listed) in the phone bookRicardo aparece al final siempre Richard appears at the end always.2 to turn up (algo perdido).¿ya ha aparecido el perro? has the dog been found yet?3 to appear (person).4 to appear to, to appear in front of.Se me apareció una persona A person appeared to me.Me apareció un fantasma A ghost appeared to me.5 to encounter.Se nos apareció un problema We encountered a problem.* * *1 to appear2 (dejarse ver) to show up, turn up3 (en el mercado) to come out (en, onto)1 to appear* * *verb1) to appear, turn up2) come out* * *1. VI1) (=presentarse) to appear, turn up *apareció en casa sin avisar — he appeared o turned up * at the house without warning
2) [algo oculto] to appear, turn up *aparecieron dos nuevos cadáveres en la fosa — two more bodies appeared o turned up * in the trench
3) [algo perdido] to reappear, turn up *ya ha aparecido mi paraguas — my umbrella has finally reappeared o turned up *
4) (=surgir) to appearhan aparecido pintadas en la fachada del ayuntamiento — some graffiti has appeared on the front of the town hall
5) (=editarse) [libro, disco] to come out6) (=figurar) [dato, nombre] to appearmi nombre no aparece en el censo electoral — my name does not appear on the electoral register, my name is not on the electoral register
2.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) síntoma/mancha to appearb) objeto perdido to turn upc) ( en documento) to appear2) personaa) (fam) ( llegar) to appear, turn upb) (fam) ( dejarse ver) to appear, show up (colloq)c) (en película, televisión) to appear3) (liter) ( parecer) to seem2.aparecerse v prona) fantasma/apariciónb) (AmL fam) persona to turn upno te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! — don't you dare show your face round here again!
* * *= appear, become + available, come into + being, feature, give, occur, rise, pop up, show up, come into + existence, burgeon, surface, dawn, come through, come up, come with, come on the + scene, set in, crop up.Ex. The statement of authorship is also transcribed and it appears in the work.Ex. Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.Ex. I think it would be useful to take just a few minutes to talk about how our institutions come into being.Ex. If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.Ex. An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.Ex. In DOBIS/LIBIS, this occurs only when entering multiple surnames.Ex. The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.Ex. It can pop up in one form one week and in another form another week.Ex. Problems of community service seem to show up more clearly in the countryside.Ex. Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.Ex. The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.Ex. Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.Ex. However, because of the long duration of feudal society, modern civilization, including modern libraries, dawned in China later than in the industrialized Western countries.Ex. More sophisticated accreditation systems are coming through, but these are currently relatively little used in these areas, and are more common in ecommerce applications.Ex. She outlined the tasks she had been assigned and mentioned that if any emergencies came up she was the person to bring them to.Ex. The problem comes with ideographic languages.Ex. This is the first CD price cut since the media format came on the scene in the 1980's.Ex. Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.Ex. Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.----* aparece frecuentemente en = in evidence in.* aparecer amenazadoramente = rear + its head.* aparecer aquí y allá en = intersperse.* aparecer en abundancia = come out of + the woodwork.* aparecer en escena = hit + the scene.* aparecer en gran número = pour (in/into).* aparecer en la lejanía = loom.* aparecer impreso = appear + in print.* aparecer juntos = stand + together.* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.* aparecer por sí solo = stand on + Posesivo + own.* aparecer repentinamente = spring up.* aparecerse la virgen = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.* aparecer solo = stand + alone.* aparecer tarde = be a late arrival on the scene, be late on the scene.* aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.* hacer aparecer = cause + display of.* idea + aparecer = idea + surface.* los otros con los que aparece(n) = neighbours [neighbors, -USA].* no aparecer = be not included.* principio de archívese según aparece = file-as-is principle.* que no aparece en primer lugar = nonfirst [non-first].* sistema en el que el documento aparece representado en un único lugar del ín = one-place system.* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).* volver a aparecer = resurface.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) síntoma/mancha to appearb) objeto perdido to turn upc) ( en documento) to appear2) personaa) (fam) ( llegar) to appear, turn upb) (fam) ( dejarse ver) to appear, show up (colloq)c) (en película, televisión) to appear3) (liter) ( parecer) to seem2.aparecerse v prona) fantasma/apariciónb) (AmL fam) persona to turn upno te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! — don't you dare show your face round here again!
* * *= appear, become + available, come into + being, feature, give, occur, rise, pop up, show up, come into + existence, burgeon, surface, dawn, come through, come up, come with, come on the + scene, set in, crop up.Ex: The statement of authorship is also transcribed and it appears in the work.
Ex: Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.Ex: I think it would be useful to take just a few minutes to talk about how our institutions come into being.Ex: If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.Ex: An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.Ex: In DOBIS/LIBIS, this occurs only when entering multiple surnames.Ex: The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.Ex: It can pop up in one form one week and in another form another week.Ex: Problems of community service seem to show up more clearly in the countryside.Ex: Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.Ex: The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.Ex: Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.Ex: However, because of the long duration of feudal society, modern civilization, including modern libraries, dawned in China later than in the industrialized Western countries.Ex: More sophisticated accreditation systems are coming through, but these are currently relatively little used in these areas, and are more common in ecommerce applications.Ex: She outlined the tasks she had been assigned and mentioned that if any emergencies came up she was the person to bring them to.Ex: The problem comes with ideographic languages.Ex: This is the first CD price cut since the media format came on the scene in the 1980's.Ex: Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.Ex: Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.* aparece frecuentemente en = in evidence in.* aparecer amenazadoramente = rear + its head.* aparecer aquí y allá en = intersperse.* aparecer en abundancia = come out of + the woodwork.* aparecer en escena = hit + the scene.* aparecer en gran número = pour (in/into).* aparecer en la lejanía = loom.* aparecer impreso = appear + in print.* aparecer juntos = stand + together.* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.* aparecer por sí solo = stand on + Posesivo + own.* aparecer repentinamente = spring up.* aparecerse la virgen = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet, strike + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.* aparecer solo = stand + alone.* aparecer tarde = be a late arrival on the scene, be late on the scene.* aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.* hacer aparecer = cause + display of.* idea + aparecer = idea + surface.* los otros con los que aparece(n) = neighbours [neighbors, -USA].* no aparecer = be not included.* principio de archívese según aparece = file-as-is principle.* que no aparece en primer lugar = nonfirst [non-first].* sistema en el que el documento aparece representado en un único lugar del ín = one-place system.* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).* volver a aparecer = resurface.* * *aparecer [E3 ]viA1 «síntoma/mancha» to appearlos carteles han aparecido en diversos puntos de la ciudad the posters have appeared in various parts of the citylos tesoros arqueológicos que han ido apareciendo durante la excavación the archaeological treasures which have appeared o turned up during the dig2 «objeto perdido» to turn up¿aparecieron tus llaves? have your keys turned up yet?hizo aparecer un ramo de flores he produced a bouquet of flowers3 (en un documento) to appearmi nombre no aparece en la lista my name doesn't appear on the list, my name isn't on the listuna cara que aparece mucho en las portadas de las revistas a face that often appears o features on the covers of magazines4 «revista» to come out; «libro» to come out, be publishedB «persona»no ha vuelto a aparecer por aquí he hasn't shown his face round here again3 (en un espectáculo) «personaje/actor» to appearapareció en dos o tres películas he was in o he appeared in two or three moviestodo aparecía como un sueño borroso it all seemed like a hazy dreamel programa de explotación aparecía oscuro the operating program did not seem clear■ aparecervt( Méx) to produce, make … appear1 «fantasma/aparición»: aparecerse A algn; to appear TO sbsu padre se le apareció en sueños his father appeared to him in his dreamsse apareció de vaqueros she turned up o showed up in jeans¡y no te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! and don't you dare show your face round here again!* * *
aparecer ( conjugate aparecer) verbo intransitivo
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aparecerse verbo pronominala) [fantasma/aparición] aparecerse a algn to appear to sb
◊ ¡no te vuelvas a aparecer por aquí! don't you dare show your face round here again!
aparecer
1 verbo intransitivo
1 to appear: su nombre aparece en los títulos de crédito, his name is on the credits
2 (acudir alguien, encontrar algo perdido) to turn up: apareció con su hija, he turned up with his daughter
el pasaporte apareció un mes más tarde, the passport turned up a week later
' aparecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dejarse
- sacar
- salir
- surgir
- venir
- amanecer
- improviso
English:
alive
- appear
- arise
- conjure
- crop up
- develop
- listing
- materialize
- pop up
- return
- show
- show up
- sight
- spring
- surface
- turn up
- unaccounted
- view
- woodwork
- emerge
- mushroom
- pop
- reappear
- roll
- scene
- turn
- unaccounted for
* * *♦ vtMéx [presentar] to produce;inesperadamente Pedro apareció mis llaves Pedro quite unexpectedly produced my keys;el mago apareció un conejo de un sombrero the magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat♦ vi1. [ante la vista] to appear;el sol apareció detrás de las murallas the sun appeared o came up from behind the city walls;aparecer de repente to appear from nowhere;el mago hizo aparecer un conejo de su chistera the magician pulled a rabbit out of his hat;su número de teléfono no aparece en la guía her phone number isn't (listed) in the phone book2. [publicación] to come out;la revista aparece los jueves the magazine comes out o is published on Thursdays3. [algo perdido] to turn up;¿ya ha aparecido el perro? has the dog been found yet?;ha aparecido un cuadro inédito de Miró a previously unknown Miró painting has turned up o been discovered4. [persona] to appear;aparecer en público to appear in public;aparece en varias películas de Ford she appears in several of Ford's films;Famaparecer por [lugar] to turn up at;Famhace días que Antonio no aparece por el bar we haven't seen Antonio in the bar for days, it's several days since Antonio showed his face in the bar;Fam¡a buenas horas apareces, ahora que ya hemos terminado! it's a bit late turning up now, we've already finished!;Fam¡y no se te ocurra volver a aparecer por aquí! and don't let me see your face round here again!* * *v/i appear* * *aparecer {53} vi1) : to appear2) presentarse: to show up3) : to turn up, to be found* * *aparecer vb1. (en general) to appear2. (encontrarse) to turn up¿ha aparecido tu cartera? has your wallet turned up?3. (figurar) to be -
7 разведочная канава
Mining: channel, costean, exploration ditch (Krokodil), exploratory trench, exploring trench, surface cutУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > разведочная канава
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8 Tiefe
f; -, -n1. allg. depth; (Abgrund) abyss, depths Pl.; unterseeisch: auch deep, trench; eine Tiefe von 90 m haben be 90 m deep; in einer Tiefe von... at a depth of...; in großer Tiefe at great depth(s); Höhe / Breite / Tiefe height / width ( oder breadth)/ depth; in die Tiefe blicken / stürzen look down / plummet (down) into the depths; die Tiefen des Meeres the depths of the sea; die Tiefen aussteuern Musikanlage etc.: adjust the bass; das Leben mit seinen Höhen und Tiefen life with its ups and downs ( oder high points and low points); die verborgenen Tiefen der menschlichen Seele (the) hidden depths ( oder mysterious recesses) of human personality ( oder the human heart)2. nur Sg.; lit. (Meer) the deep, the ocean; auf Tiefe gehen U-Boot: dive; im Rausch der Tiefe experiencing the „raptures of the deep“3. nur Sg.; einer Stimme, eines Tones: deepness; eines Tones: auch low pitch, lowness; von Gefühlen etc.: depth, intensity; (Tiefgründigkeit) deepness, profundity; die Tiefe i-s Schmerzes the violence ( oder intensity) of her ( oder their) grief; aus der Tiefe meines Herzens from the bottom of my heart, with all my heart* * *die Tiefelowness; depth; deepness; abyss; profundity; profoundness* * *Tie|fe ['tiːfə]f -, -n1) (= Ausdehnung nach unten) depth; (von Verbeugung, Ausschnitt) lownessunten in der Tíéfe — far below
in die Tíéfe blicken — to look down into the depths or a long way
in der Tíéfe versinken — to sink into the depths
das U-Boot ging auf Tíéfe — the submarine dived
in 450 Metern Tíéfe — at a depth of 450 metres (Brit) or meters (US)
aus der Tíéfe meines Herzens — from the depths of my heart
3) (von Wald) depths pl4) (= Tiefgründigkeit) deepness, profundity5) (= niedriger Stand) lowness6) (von Farbton, Stimme) deepness; (von Ton) lowness7) (ART, PHOT) depth* * *die1) (the quality of being deep.) deepness2) (the distance from the top downwards or from the surface inwards especially if great: Coal is mined at a depth of 1,000 m.) depth3) profundity* * *Tie·fe<-, -n>[ˈti:fə]f1. (Wassertiefe) depth2. (vertikal hinabreichende Ausdehnung) depthder Schacht führt hinab bis in 1200 Meter \Tiefe the shaft goes 1200 metres deep5. (Tiefgründigkeit) depthdie \Tiefe des Blaus the depth of blue7. (dunkler Klang) deepness* * *die; Tiefe, Tiefen1) (Ausdehnung, Entfernung nach unten) depth2) (weit unten, im 1nnern gelegener Bereich; auch fig.) depths pl.in der Tiefe ihres Herzens — (fig.) deep down in her heart; s. auch Höhe 6)
3) (Ausdehnung nach hinten) depth4) o. Pl. s. tief 1. 3): depth; intensity; greatness5) (von Tönen, Klängen, Stimmen) deepness* * *eine Tiefe von 90 m haben be 90 m deep;in einer Tiefe von … at a depth of …;in großer Tiefe at great depth(s);Höhe/Breite/Tiefe height/width ( oder breadth)/depth;in die Tiefe blicken/stürzen look down/plummet (down) into the depths;die Tiefen des Meeres the depths of the sea;die Tiefen aussteuern Musikanlage etc: adjust the bass;das Leben mit seinen Höhen und Tiefen life with its ups and downs ( oder high points and low points);die verborgenen Tiefen der menschlichen Seele (the) hidden depths ( oder mysterious recesses) of human personality ( oder the human heart)auf Tiefe gehen U-Boot: dive;im Rausch der Tiefe experiencing the “raptures of the deep”3. nur sg; einer Stimme, eines Tones: deepness; eines Tones: auch low pitch, lowness; von Gefühlen etc: depth, intensity; (Tiefgründigkeit) deepness, profundity;aus der Tiefe meines Herzens from the bottom of my heart, with all my heart* * *die; Tiefe, Tiefen1) (Ausdehnung, Entfernung nach unten) depth2) (weit unten, im 1nnern gelegener Bereich; auch fig.) depths pl.in der Tiefe ihres Herzens — (fig.) deep down in her heart; s. auch Höhe 6)
3) (Ausdehnung nach hinten) depth4) o. Pl. s. tief 1. 3): depth; intensity; greatness5) (von Tönen, Klängen, Stimmen) deepness* * *-n (eines Tons) f.gravity n. -n f.deepness n.depth n.lowness n.profoundness n.profundity n. -
9 нагорная канава
1) Engineering: absorption trench, catch ditch, catch drain, collector ditch, crown ditch, diversion ditch, hillside ditch, intercepting channel, intercepting ditch, intercepting drain, interceptor2) Construction: berm ditch, catch-water drain, collecting ditch, interception channel, interception ditch, water table3) Railway term: hill ditch, surface ditch4) Hydrography: grip5) Mining: flume6) Ecology: interceptor drain7) Makarov: berm, catchwater drain -
10 шурф
2) Geology: day eyes, dug hole, exploring shaft, prospecting pit, prospecting shaft, trial pit, test pit ( USA, Canada)3) Engineering: dug pit, open test pit, trench4) Construction: exploratory shaft, prospect hole, prospecting6) Mining: boring, day eye (Уэльс), delve, pit-hole, (разведочный) prospect hole7) Forestry: soil-pit9) Astronautics: opening11) Makarov: bore hole, digging pit, downhole, profile pit, well12) Gold mining: prospecting hole, sampling pit, survey pit14) Cement: exploratory well -
11 agger
agger, ĕris, m. [ad-gero].I.Things brought to a place in order to form an elevation above a surface or plain, as rubbish, stone, earth, sand, brushwood, materials for a rampart, etc. (in the histt., esp. Cæs., freq.; sometimes in the poets): ab opere revocandi milites, qui paulo longius aggeris petendi causā processerant, Caes. B. G. 2, 20:II.aggere paludem explere,
id. ib. 7, 58; cf. id. ib. 7, 86:longius erat agger petendus,
id. B. C. 1, 42; 2, 15 al.:superjecto aggere terreno,
Suet. Calig. 19; cf. id. ib. 37:implere cavernas aggere,
Curt. 8, 10, 27:fossas aggere complent,
Verg. A. 9, 567: avis e medio aggere exit, from the midst of the pile of wood, Ov. M. 12, 524.— But far oftener,Esp.A.The pile formed by masses of rubbish, stone, earth, brushwood, etc., collected together; acc. to its destination, a dam, dike, mole, pier; a hillock, mound, wall, bulwark, rampart, etc.; esp. freq. in the histt. of artificial elevations for military purposes: tertium militare sepimentum est fossa et terreus agger, a clay or mud wall, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2: aggeribus niveis ( with snow-drifts) informis Terra, Verg. G. 3, 354:B.atque ipsis proelia miscent Aggeribus murorum, pleon. for muris,
id. A. 10, 24; cf. id. ib. 10, 144:ut cocto tolleret aggere opus, of the walls of Babylon,
Prop. 4, 10, 22.— A dike of earth for the protection of a harbor (Ital. molo), Vitr. 5, 12, 122; Ov. M. 14, 445; 15, 690.— A causeway through a swamp:aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis imponere,
Tac. A. 1, 61.— A heap or pile of arms:agger armorum,
Tac. H. 2, 70.— Poet., for mountains:aggeres Alpini,
Verg. A. 6, 830; so,Thessalici aggeres,
i. e. Pelion, Ossa, Olympus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 168.— A funeral pile of wood, Ov. M. 9, 234, and Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.— A heap of ashes:ab alto aggere,
Luc. 5, 524 Weber.— A high wave of the sea:ab alto Aggere dejecit pelagi,
Luc. 5, 674:consurgit ingens pontus in vastum aggerem,
Sen. Hippol. 1015 (cf.:mons aquae,
Verg. A. 1, 105).—In milit. lang.1.A mound erected before the walls of a besieged city, for the purpose of sustaining the battering engines, and which was gradually advanced to the town; cf. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 12:2.aggere, vineis, turribus oppidum oppugnare,
Cic. Fam. 15, 4; id. Att. 5, 20:esset agger oppugnandae Italiae Graecia,
id. Phil. 10, 9:celeriter vineis ad oppidum actis, aggere jacto turribusque constitutis, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 12:jacere,
to throw up, Sall. J. 37, 4; so Vulg. Isa. 29, 3:aggerem exstruere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 30:instruere,
id. ib. 8, 41:promovere ad urbem,
to bring near to the city, Liv. 5, 7.— Hence, poet.: stellatis axibus agger Erigitur, geminasque aequantis moenia turres Accipit, a mound is built provided with wheels (for moving it forwards), Luc. 3, 455; imitated by Sil. 13, 109.—Since such aggeres consisted principally of wood, they could be easily set on fire, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: horae momento simul aggerem ac vineas incendium hausit, Liv 5, 7.— Trop.:Graecia esset vel receptaculum pulso Antonio, vel agger oppugnandae Italiae,
rampart, mound, Cic. Phil. 10, 4: Agger Tarquini, the mound raised by Tarquinius Superbus for the defence of the eastern part of the city of Rome, in the neighborhood of the present Porta S. Lorenzo, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 67; cf. id. 36, 15, 24, n. 2, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 15; Juv. 5, 153; so id. 8, 43; Quint. 12, 10, 74.—Suet. uses agger for the Tarpeian rock: quoad praecipitaretur ex aggere, Calig. 27.—The mound raised for the protection of a camp before the trench (fossa), and from earth dug from it, which was secured by a stockade (vallum), consisting of sharpened stakes (valli); cf.3.Hab. Syn. 68, and Smith's Dict. Antiq.: in litore sedes, Castrorum in morem pinnis atque aggere cingit,
Verg. A. 7, 159; Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47.—The tribunal, in a camp, formed of turf, from which the general addressed his soldiers:4.stetit aggere saltus Cespitis, intrepidus vultum meruitque timeri,
Luc. 5, 317:vix eā turre senex, cum ductor ab aggere coepit,
Stat. Th. 7, 374; cf. Tac. A. 1, 18 Lips.—A military or public road, commonly graded by embankments of earth (in the class. per. only in Verg. and Tac., and always in connection with viae, agger alone belonging only to later Lat.):viae deprensus in aggere serpens,
Verg. A. 5, 273:Aurelius agger, i. e. via Aurelia,
Rutil. Itiner. 39:aggerem viae tres praetoriae cohortes obtinuere,
Tac. H. 2, 24 and 42; 3, 21 and 23.
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trench foot — noun resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet • Syn: ↑immersion foot • Hypernyms: ↑frostbite, ↑cryopathy * * * noun Etymology: so called from its prevalence among soldiers serving in the trenches during… … Useful english dictionary
trench — noun (C) 1 a long narrow hole dug into the surface of the ground: Plant your roses in a trench filled with manure. 2 a deep trench dug in the ground as a protection for soldiers: the trenches of World War I 3 technical a long narrow valley in the … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
trench-plow — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: trench + plow, v. intransitive verb : to bring lower soil to the surface by plowing a furrow a second time with a plow set much deeper transitive verb : to plow (a field) to double depth … Useful english dictionary
trench foot — noun a painful condition of the feet caused by long immersion in cold water or mud and marked by blackening and death of surface tissue … English new terms dictionary
Oceanic trench — Oceanic crust is formed at an oceanic ridge, while the lithosphere is subducted back into the asthenosphere at trenches. The oceanic trenches are hemispheric scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the… … Wikipedia
Outer trench swell — The outer trench swell, outer trench high, or outer rise is a subtle ridge on the seafloor near an oceanic trench, where a descending plate begins to flex and fault in preparation for its descent into the mantle at a subduction zone. The… … Wikipedia
