Tra từ ditch - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
deep
▪ As he reached it, the ground fell away from under him and he rolled down into a deep ditch.
▪ Researchers dig deep, straight-walled ditches and search up and down the wall of earth for signs of shaking.
▪ The road - little more than a track with deep ditches on either side - was elevated above the surrounding countryside.
▪ Thus, the deeper the ditches the higher the track.
NOUN
drainage
▪ Farm drainage ditches ensure that water runs directly into streams rather than being filtered through the soil.
▪ A drainage ditch, for example, has an impact far beyond itself.
▪ Much of it is below sea level and only innumerable drainage ditches prevent it from reverting to its natural state.
▪ A drainage ditch around them would probably do more good than anything else.
▪ Many drainage ditches are, however, fringed with reeds.
▪ At one stage the whole congregation went outside to see where the drainage ditch would be sited.
▪ Bear right to cross the drainage ditch by the stone bridge.
▪ Puzzling over this, I nearly miss a water rail which scuttles off down a drainage ditch towards the loch of Westsandwick.
irrigation
▪ Gravel and silt, washed down the mountainside, are clogging his irrigation ditch.
▪ When it ended, he found himself in the slime at the bottom of an irrigation ditch.
▪ Several species are regarded as troublesome weeds in rice fields and irrigation ditches.
▪ At dusk they established a perimeter along the irrigation ditch just outside Thuan Yen.
VERB
dig
▪ Later they dug ditches for drainage but did not raise the natural platforms artificially.
▪ The rest of the gaggle were going home to dig more ditches and haul more stumps.
▪ There was a mound of earth that had evidently been dug out of a ditch.
▪ He lined the shelter with rock and mud to keep out the cold and dug a ditch to divert the rain.
▪ In the picture are two men, almost interchangeable, working side by side as they dig a ditch.
▪ I dug ditches along the company road.
▪ Researchers dig deep, straight-walled ditches and search up and down the wall of earth for signs of shaking.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I fell asleep on the way home and drove my car into a ditch.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And where is the ditch filled with troops?
▪ Consequently, the crops over the ditch have a different growth rate.
▪ He joined a 20-member crew, digging ditches and helping to put out hot spots.
▪ In fact a little further to the north-west this track is cut by a Bronze Age ditch.
▪ It helps if you have had experience over different types of cross-country jumps - like ditches and water.
▪ Public works inspectors may specialize in highways, structural steel, reinforced concrete, or ditches.
▪ Q: Over how large an area were they in the ditch?
▪ The rest of the gaggle were going home to dig more ditches and haul more stumps.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Brumfeld apparently ditched the car near Texarkana and fled into the woods.
▪ I'm mad at Charlene - she ditched me at the party last night.
▪ If I were you, I'd ditch her.
▪ Investors ditched stocks that were performing badly.
▪ Let's ditch school and go to the park.
▪ The pilot had no choice but to ditch the plane in the Atlantic Ocean.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ By luck one engine came to life just as the pilot had prepared the passengers to ditch.
▪ Having ditched Belladonna, they produced an album burning with an intensity and fury rarely paralleled.
▪ He could have ditched or landed down south somewhere.
▪ He has also ditched his briefcase for a backpack to carry his dress shoes.
▪ My drives still scream off to the right like wounded Harrier jets preparing to ditch.
▪ My mum, by the way, was ditched by my father before I was born.
▪ The 24-year-old has now ditched her job.

ditch

I. ditch¹ /dɪtʃ/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[Language : Old English; Origin : dic]
a long narrow hole dug at the side of a field, road etc to hold or remove unwanted water
⇨ last-ditch
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COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + ditch
▪deep/shallow
　 ▪ The car had become stuck in a deep ditch.
▪a drainage ditch (=for water to drain away into)
　 ▪ They were digging a drainage ditch.
▪an irrigation ditch (=taking water to fields, crops etc)
　 ▪ The fields were separated by irrigation ditches.
▪an open ditch (=not covered)
　 ▪ The horse had to jump over an open ditch.
▪a roadside ditch (=along the edge of a road)
　 ▪ His clothes were found in a roadside ditch.
verbs
▪dig a ditch
　 ▪ Ditches were dug to prevent the river from flooding.
▪a ditch runs along/down etc something
　 ▪ A muddy ditch ran along the side of the field.

II. ditch² verb
1. [TRANSITIVE]
informal to stop having something because you no longer want it:
　 ▪ The government has ditched plans to privatise the prison.

2. [TRANSITIVE]
informal to end a romantic relationship with someone:
　 ▪ Meg and Neil were due to marry, but she ditched him.

3. [TRANSITIVE]
American English spoken informal to not go to school, a class etc when you should SYN skip British English:
　 ▪ Did you ditch class today?

4. [TRANSITIVE]
American English spoken informal to leave someone you are with in a place without telling them you are going

5. [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
to land an aircraft in a controlled crash into water:
　 ▪ Two balloonists had to ditch during the race.