sow

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n. 母猪, 懒胖女人 vt. 播种, 散布, 使密布 vi. 播种

发音

US /saʊ/
UK /səʊ/
US /soʊ/

词形变化

sows 复数 sows swine swine 复数 sowed sowedst sowen sowest soweth sowing sow'n sown sows 三单 ysowen sowing 现在分词 sowed 过去式 sown 过去式 sown 过去分词

别名

zew soo sowe

教材释义与例句

名词

母猪

a fully grown female pig

动词

播种；散布；使密布

to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground

动词

播种

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sowbug.

  2. 2.

    A female pig.

    母猪

    猪乸

  3. 3.

    A female bear, she-bear.

  4. 4.

    A female guinea pig.

  5. 5.

    A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.

  6. 6.

    A mass of metal solidified in a mold.

  7. 7.

    A contemptible, often fat woman.

    贬义 俚语
  8. 8.

    A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.

    政治 军事
v.
  1. 1.

    To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).

    播种

    及物/不及物

    When I had sown the field, the day's work was over.

  2. 2.

    To spread abroad; to propagate. (usu. negative connotation)

    比喻

    As you sow, so shall you reap.

  3. 3.

    To scatter over; to besprinkle.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    Obsolete spelling of sew.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

swine
动词

同义词 2

seed inseminate

上位词 10

put place set position lay spread broadcast seed pose distribute

下位词 3

broadcast scatter inseminate

近义相关 2

seed inseminate

相关短语

sow one's wild oats 放荡 sow the wind, reap the whirlwind 玩火自焚 sow wild oats sow thistle n. 苣苦菜 sow thistles sow the wind and reap the whirlwind 恶有恶报 sow stall sow stalls sow dragon's teeth 挑起纠纷 sow bread sow the seeds of 播下…的种子,播下…祸根 sow one's oats [网络] 播种燕麦 sow bug n. 鼠妇, 潮虫 sow bugs

词源

From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”). See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.

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