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trough

noun
🔊/trɒf/
🔊/trɔːf/
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  1. a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink from槽；饲料槽；饮水槽Topics Farmingc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • drinking
    • feeding
    • watering
    • …
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  2. (specialist) a long narrow region of low air pressure between two regions of higher pressure低压槽 compare ridge
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • shallow
    verb + trough
    • reach
    phrases
    • the peaks and troughs
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  3. a period of time when the level of something is low, especially a time when a business or the economy is not growing低谷；（企业或经济的）低潮，萧条阶段
    • There have been peaks and troughs in the long-term trend of unemployment.长期以来失业率一直时起时伏。🔊🔊
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    • The economy is unlikely to reach its trough until the turn of the year.经济在今年年底前不太可能探底。
    • The stock market fell by 48% from peak to trough.股票市场下跌了48%，从高峰降到了低谷。
    Topics Moneyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • shallow
    verb + trough
    • reach
    phrases
    • the peaks and troughs
    See full entry
  4. a low area between two waves in the sea, or two hills（海浪间的）波谷；（小山间的）槽谷，盆状洼地
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • shallow
    verb + trough
    • reach
    phrases
    • the peaks and troughs
    See full entry
    5. Word OriginOld English trog, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch trog and German Trog, also to tree.
Idioms
get/have your nose/snout in the trough
  1. (British English, informal, disapproving) if you say that people have their noses in the trough, you mean that they are trying to get a lot of money for themselves钱槽；钱眼