plough

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n. 犁, 犁过的地 vi. 用犁耕田, 开路 vt. 耕, 犁, 开路

发音

US /plaʊ/

词形变化

ploughs 复数 ploughs ploughed ploughest plougheth ploughing ploughs 三单 ploughing 现在分词 ploughed 过去式 ploughed 过去分词

别名

plew plow

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several other tools or implements that cut and push material.

    Ellipsis of snowplough.

    It's been three hours since a plough came through here, and now you can hardly even tell that it did! [the snow keeps falling heavily]

  2. 2.

    A yoga pose resembling a traditional plough, halāsana.

  3. 3.

    A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

    犁头

    植物学 商务

    Meronyms: ploughshare, plowshare, share, moldboard, mouldboard, coulter, colter, jointer, chisel, ploughbeam, beam, ploughstaff, staff, hake

    The horse-drawn plough had a tremendous impact on agriculture.

    The central theme of low-till agriculture is that the plough is not always necessary and that it should be used only when truly appropriate.

  4. 4.

    Any of several other tools or implements that cut and push material.

    A joiner's plane for making grooves.

  5. 5.

    Any of several other tools or implements that cut and push material.

    A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.

  6. 6.

    The use of a plough; tillage.

  7. 7.

    Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)

  8. 8.

    Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.

v.
  1. 1.

    To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.

    耕地

    耕田

    及物

    I've still got to plough that field.

  2. 2.

    To use a plough.

    不及物

    Some days I have to plough from sunrise to sunset.

  3. 3.

    To move with force.

    Trucks ploughed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.

  4. 4.

    To knock over or run over (someone) without stopping.

    非正式 及物

    My brother ploughed me over.

    Three people were ploughed down when he lost control of the truck.

  5. 5.

    To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.

  6. 6.

    To run through, as in sailing.

    航海 交通
  7. 7.

    To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.

    艺术
  8. 8.

    To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.

  9. 9.

    To fail (a student).

    英国 废旧 及物
  10. 10.

    To sexually penetrate, typically in a vigorous manner.

    及物 粗俗

    I love just getting ploughed face down on my bed.

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词源

From Middle English plouh, plow, plugh(e), plough(e), plouw, from Old English plōh (“hide of land, ploughland”) and Old Norse plógr (“plough (the implement)”), both from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Cognate with Scots pleuch, plou, North Frisian plog, West Frisian ploech, Low German Ploog, Dutch ploeg, Russian плуг (plug), German Pflug, Danish plov, Swedish and Norwegian plog, Icelandic plógur. Replaced Old English sulh (“plough, furrow”); see sullow.

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