trough
noun /trɒf/
/trɔːf/
Idioms - a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink from
槽；饲料槽；饮水槽 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- drinking
- feeding
- watering
- …
- (specialist) a long narrow region of low air pressure between two regions of higher pressure
低压槽 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- reach
- the peaks and troughs
- 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。
Topics Moneyc2- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- reach
- the peaks and troughs
- There have been peaks and troughs in the long-term trend of unemployment.
- 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 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- reach
- the peaks and troughs
词源Old English trog, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch trog and German Trog, also to tree.
Idioms
get/have your nose/snout in the trough
- (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