Plough
[ plaʊ ]
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n. 耕作，耕地;犁;[天]北斗七星;〈英俚〉（主考人评定）不及格;
vt.& vi. 用犁耕田;开路;破浪前进;投（资）;
📝 例句
He exchanged the plough for the sword.
他以犁换剑（化干戈为玉帛）。
I don't collect the interest but plough it back into my savings account.
我不把利息取出，总把它再存入储蓄帐户。
He shall teach man the use of the plough.
他将教会人类如何使用犁。
To plough a field is to turn over the soil in it with a plough.
耕田就是用犁翻田中的土壤。
The water buffalo squelched up and down the paddy fields, pulling the plough.
水牛拉着犁, 在稻田里咕唧咕唧地走着。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ plough-耕地,plug-瓶塞:在耕地时,犁出一个瓶塞
※ p-拼音“怕”,lou-拼音“漏”,gh-拼音“干活”:怕漏掉干活用的犁
※ po-拼音“婆”,lou-拼音“搂”,gh-拼音“干活”:婆婆搂着孙子干活,她在奋力干活
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
lough
(US plow), n
1
(a) [C] implement with a curved blade, used for digging furrows in the soil, esp before seeds are planted, pulled by animals or by a tractor .
(b) (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) implement resembling this 似 的工具
a `snow-plough, ie one for clearing snow from roads and railways 雪 （清除路面或铁道积雪的）.
2 the Plough [sing]
(also Charles's Wain) (Brit) (US also the Big Dipper) (astronomy 天) group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, visible only from the Northern hemisphere 北斗七星.
3 [U] land that has been ploughed 过的地; 耕地
100 acres of plough 100英亩耕地.
4 (idm 习语) under the `plough (of land) used for growing grain and not for pasture （指土地）用於种庄稼的（非牧用的）. plough (US plow) v
1 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) break up the surface of (land) with a plough 犁（地）; 耕（地）: plough a field 耕田
The meadow's been ploughed up. 那片草地已用 翻过.
2 [I, Tn] (dated Brit sl 旧, 俚) (cause sb to) fail (an examination) （使某人）考（试）不及格
I ploughed my finals. 我期末考试不及格.
The examiners ploughed half the candidates. 主考人员刷掉了一半应试者.
3 (idm 习语) plough a lonely `furrow work without help or support 孤独无援地工作.
4 (phr v) plough sth back
(a) put (a crop or grass) back in the soil by ploughing in order to enrich the soil 将（作物或草）犁入土中作肥料.
(b) (fig 比喻) re-invest (profits) in the business that produced them 将（利润）作为资本再投资於原企业中. plough into sth/sb crash violently into sth/sb 猛力撞某物[某人]
The car went out of control and ploughed into the side of a bus. 那汽车失控拦腰撞上了一辆公共汽车. plough (one's way) through sth
(a) force a way through sth 费力穿过某处
plough one's way through the mud 在泥泞中艰难跋涉
The ship ploughed through the waves. 那轮船破浪前进.
(b) make progress slowly or with difficulty through sth 缓慢或费力地在某方面取得进展
plough through legal text books, a pile of documents, mountains of work, etc 吃力地钻研法律教科书、 缓慢地阅读一堆文件、 费力地处理堆积如山的工作.
🔁 扩展释义
*[plau]n. 犁, 犁过的地vi. 用犁耕田, 开路vt. 耕, 犁, 开路相关词组: plough sth back plough into plough under to plough the air plough around
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By 1820 the population of New York had grown to about 125,000, making it the largest city in the USA.
到1820年，纽约市的人口增长到12。5万人左右，使它成了当时美国最大的城市。
You will grow stronger each time, until you can do and finish what you started out to do.
每次你会变得更坚强，直至你完成你着手进行的事情。
Before he returned to India, he decided to live as a poor man and not to possess wealth.
在回印度之前，他已决心过穷人一样的生活，不占有财富。