ploughs

英 [plaʊz]

美 [plaʊz]

n.  犁; 北斗七星; 大熊星座
v.  犁(田); 耕(地); 翻(土)
plough的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 plow


• See also:snowplough
• VERB 犁（地）；耕（地）
  When someoneploughsan area of land, they turn over the soil using a plough.
  1. They ploughed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland.
     他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。
  2. ...a carefully ploughed field.
     仔细犁过的田地
• PHRASE （土地）被开垦成耕地
  If an area of land isunder the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or putunder the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
  1. There was not one inch of soil that was not under the plough.
     没有一寸土地未被开垦成耕地。
  2. ...as we put more and more wilderness under the plough.
     随着我们将越来越多的荒地开垦成耕地
• toplough a furrow→ see:furrow

双语例句

• Ploughs and other agricultural implements were on display at the exhibition.
  展览会上展出了犁以及其它农具。
• Wooden ploughs were the basic tools for agricultural production and yaks were employed for threshing.
  农业生产基本上是使用二牛抬杠的木犁耕地，牦牛踩场脱粒。
• My professor often ploughs through The Dream of Red Mansion just to find a specific seasoning of a particular dish.
  我的教授常常会翻遍《红楼梦》，只为找到某一道菜的调味品。
• HSBC is facing surging staff costs in fast-growing economies, including China, India and Brazil, as it ploughs money into these markets to offset more difficult conditions in the west.
  汇丰（HSBC）在中国、印度和巴西等快速增长经济体正面临员工成本飙升的局面。目前该行正向这些市场投入大量资金，以求抵消西方更为艰难的市况的不利影响。
• Rakes, ploughs, hoes and spades are simple farming implements.
  耙、犁、锄、铲是简单的农具。
• Ploughs are pulled by tractors, or in some countries by oxen.
  犁由拖拉机牵引，在一些国家则用牛来拉。
• Where men cross over in their boats in the morning with ploughs on their shoulders to till their far-away fields;
  人们在早晨乘船渡过那边去，肩上扛着犁头，去耕耘他们的远处的田；
• A wasted commentator, ploughs down an18-year old.
  一个评论员，撞死了一个18岁的男孩。
• An ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally "as the ox ploughs".
  一种古代的书写系统；在相对方向上有交替行；逐字地写就象牛犁地。
• The field ploughs well after the rain.
  雨后土地易耕。