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trencher 音标拼音: [tr'ɛntʃɚ] n. 挖沟者,战壕兵,木盘 挖沟者,战壕兵,木盘 trencher n 1: someone who digs trenches 2: a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carvedTrencher \ Trench" er\, n. [ OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr. trancher to cut, carve. See { Trench}, v. t.] 1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food. [ 1913 Webster] It could be no ordinary declension of nature that could bring some men, after an ingenuous education, to place their " summum bonum" upon their trenchers. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] { Trencher cap}, the cap worn by studens at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States is called { Oxford cap}, { mortar board}, etc. { Trencher fly}, a person who haunts the tables of others; a parasite. [ R.] -- L' Estrange. { Trencher friend}, one who frequents the tables of others; a sponger. { Trencher mate}, a table companion; a parasite; a trencher fly. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster]
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