"Let me introduce you," said Mrs. "That is Miss Trenchard, and that Mr. Trenchard. This is my husband. Philip, this is Miss Cardinal."
Miss Trenchard must be forty, Maggie thought. She was plump and thick-set, with a warm smile. Then Mr. Trenchard was a clergyman--he would be stout were he not so broad.英文原著 · 《The Captives》
Hermann led them. He got right up to the trench. And I shot him. I did not know, thank God!"
Suddenly Michael could not bear to look at her any more. He put his arm on the table by him and, leaning his head on it, covering his eyes he went on. But his voice, up till now quite steady, faltered and failed, as the sobs gathered in his throat. "He fell across the parapet close to me, "he said. "I lifted him somehow into our trench.英文原著 · 《Michael》
"I sat in that blessed trench till everybody had cleared out. Then, seeing as how not even the docket had brought th' orficer back, I sez to myself as how he must ha' stopped one. So I gets out of the trench and starts crawling across the top towards the place where I see the Captain disappear. As I got near the support line the ground went up a little and then dropped, so I got a bit of a view on to the ground ahead. And then I sees the Captain here!"英文原著 · 《Okewood of the Secret Service》
"Glad to see you, Wheeler. Your men ought to be in good shape, after a week's rest. Let them sleep now. We've got to move out of here before midnight, to relieve two Texas battalions at Moltke trench. They've taken the trench with heavy casualties and are beat out; couldn't hold it in case of counter-attack. As it's an important point, the enemy will try to recover it. I want to get into position before daylight, so he won't know fresh troops are coming in. As ranking officer, you are in charge of the Company."英文原著 · 《One of Ours》
Sir E Florence, you forget that he is a Trenchard, and no true Trenchard would have a liking for cobblers or low people of that kind.英文原著 · 《Our American Cousin》
Trenchard got up to go. He stood a moment holding Maggie's hand. "If ever you come to Skeaton, Miss Cardinal," he said, "we shall be delighted . ." His eyes she noticed were light blue like a baby's. She felt that he liked her and would not forget her. "Come, Paul," said Miss Trenchard, rather sharply Maggie fancied. Soon afterwards Philip departed. "Must finish that beastly thing," he assured his wife.英文原著 · 《The Captives》
We've been fighting back-to-back in the trenches for 15 years.美剧 · 《Billions》
He is digging trenches and laying wire, and he will scorch the earth under our feet.美剧 · 《Billions》