trough是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a long, narrow container without a lid that usually holds water or food for farm animals -- 槽；飲水槽；飼料槽

  • cows at the feeding trough 在餵食槽吃草的牛

• 1 a low point in a regular series of high and low points -- 低谷；低谷期，蕭條期

  • Investing small amounts regularly is a good way of smoothing out the peaks and troughs of the stock market. 定期小額投資是均衡股市高峰和低谷的好辦法。

  • A trough of low pressure over hilly areas will bring heavy thunderstorms overnight. 丘陵地區上空的低氣壓槽將在一夜之間帶來強雷陣雨。

• 2 to eat something quickly and eagerly, especially in large amounts -- 大吃；饕餮，狼吞虎嚥

  • She was sitting there troughing chocolate. 她坐在那裡大吃巧克力。

• 3 to reach a low level, price, etc. before going up again -- 在上升之前落入（程度，價格等的）低谷

  • The economy troughed six months ago and is now growing again. 六個月前經濟陷入低谷，現在又開始增長了。