1. | [c] 槽；饲料槽；饮水槽a long narrow open container for animals to eat or drink from |
2. | [sing] (informal) 钱槽；钱眼if you say that people have their nosesin the trough , you mean that they are trying to get a lot of money for themselves |
3. | [c] 低压槽a long narrow region of low air pressure between two regions of higher pressure |
4. | [c] 低谷；（企业或经济的）低潮，萧条阶段a period of time when the level of sth is low, especially a time when a business or the economy is not growing |
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。 |
5. | [c] （海浪间的）波谷；（小山间的）槽谷，盆状洼地a low area between two waves in the sea, or two hills |
