transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪtʃ ]
( ditches, ditching, ditched)
1.
A ditch is a long narrow channel cut into the ground at the side of a road or field.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ditch something that you have or are responsible for, you abandon it or get rid of it, because you no longer want it. ( INFORMAL )
I decided to ditch the sofa bed.
= dump
VERB : V n
3.
If someone ditches someone, they end a relationship with that person. ( INFORMAL )
I can’t bring myself to ditch him and start again.
= dump
VERB : V n
4.
If a pilot ditches an aircraft or if it ditches , the pilot makes an emergency landing.
One American pilot was forced to ditch his jet in the Gulf...
A survivor was knocked unconscious when the helicopter ditched.
VERB : V n , V
5.
see also last-ditch