mow
n. 草堆, 皱眉, 怪脸 vt. 割草 vi. 割草, 做怪脸
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The act of mowing (a garden, grass, etc.).
The lawn hasn't had a mow for a couple of months, so it's like a jungle out there!
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A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion.
体育 游戏I consider it would engender a stiff, tame, cautious mode of play, with only now and then a mow, or a chopping hit.
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A scornful grimace; a wry face.
方言Those that paint them dying […] delineate the prisoners spitting in their executioners faces, and making mowes at them.
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A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans.
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The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
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Alternative form of mew (a seagull)
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To cut down grass or crops.
及物He mowed the lawn every few weeks in the summer.
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To cut down or slaughter in great numbers.
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To make grimaces, mock.
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To put into mows.
植物学 商务
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词源
From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mjo (“to mow”), Dutch maaien (“to mow”), German mähen (“to mow”), Luxembourgish méien (“to mow”), Danish meje (“to mow”), Swedish meja (“to mow”); see also Hittite [script needed] (ḫamešḫa, “spring/early summer”, literally “mowing time”), Latin metō (“to harvest, mow”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to mow”).
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