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

• 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。
• The soil is not difficult to till when there is a lot of rain, but in a bad year, it's not only the ploughs that break but our hearts, too.
  雨水充沛时地不难耕种，可是在大旱年景，不但犁会破碎，我们的心也会碎的。
• One ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one knows.
  有的耕，有的播，谁来收获很难说。
• Some African farmers now use ploughs instead of hoes.
  有些非洲农民现在用犁，而不用锄头。
• Rakes, ploughs, hoes and spades are simple farming implements.
  耙、犁、锄、铲是简单的农具。
• They had to work slowly by using old type ploughs.
  他们只得用老式犁慢慢的干活。
• 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。
• But the same set of tools, perhaps, suffice to the plough-maker for forging a-hundred ploughs, which serve during the twelve years of their existence to prepare the soil of as many different farms.
  但是同一套工具也许足以供制犁匠锻制上百张犁，而且这些犁可在其12年使用期内为很多不同的农场翻土。
• 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。
• 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。