ditch

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪt͡ʃ/

Noun

Ireland

Japanese Meaning

溝。灌漑や排水のために作られる、長く浅い溝。 / （アイルランドで）盛り上がった土手と、その上にある生垣のこと。

After the heavy rain, the children played by the ditch, watching tadpoles swim in the murky water.

大雨の後、子どもたちは溝のそばで遊び、濁った水の中を泳ぐおたまじゃくしを眺めていた。

Sense（1）

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.

Sense（2）

(Ireland) A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.

You flung a ditch on my vision

Of beauty, love and truth.

O stony grey soil of Monaghan

You burgled my bank of youth!

ditches

（ plural ）