| 单词 | ditching |
| 释义 | ditching, vbl. n.|ˈdɪtʃɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb ditch. a. The making and repairing of ditches.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 28 For dichying and hegging and delvynge of tounes. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §123 In quickesettynge, dychynge and hedgynge. 1767A. Young Farmer's Lett. to People 245 When the ditching is done, the next work is to land-drain the whole fields. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. xii. (1876) 159 Rough draining, ditching, and ridging were used in wet soils.
b. Sculpture. (See quot.)
1886Pall Mall G. 1 June 14/1 On being asked the way he prepared his models he continued:—I first draw the subject in crayon..and then transfer the lines to clay. Then I begin an operation known as ‘ditching,’ which consists of digging up around the outlines of the figures and objects until they stand out in rough relief.
c. Of aircraft: see ditch v.1 6 b.
d. Comb., as ditching-machine, ditching-plough, ditching-tool.
1874Knight Dict. Mech., Ditching-plow, a plow having a deep, narrow share for cutting drains and trenches, and means for lifting the earth and depositing it at the side or sides of the excavation. 1880J. W. Hill Illustr. Guide Agric. Implem. 500 Fowler's ditching machine..for opening wide drainage or irrigation ditches. |
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