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

• The cotton is the main economic prop industry in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. At present, mechanization have been realized on sowing seeds, applying fertilizer, middle ploughs, spraying pesticides.
  棉花是新疆兵团主要的经济支柱产业，目前已在耕地、播种、施肥、中耕、喷药等方面实现了机械化。
• 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。
• The King, however dispirited, ploughs on
  国王虽说沮丧，但仍一往无前。
• Gritters and snow ploughs are working overtime to keep the roads clear but for many people around the country the Christmas holidays have come early this year.
  铺砂机和除雪车都超时工作，确保道路畅通，但是对于英国的许多人来说，今年的圣诞季节提早到来。
• The period from the Qin to the early Eastern Han dynasty saw a transition in Chinese agricultural production from farming with hoes and spades into farming with ploughs.
  秦至东汉中期，我国农业生产仍处于由锄、锸耕向犁耕过渡时期。
• Some African farmers now use ploughs instead of hoes.
  有些非洲农民现在用犁，而不用锄头。
• They had to work slowly by using old type ploughs.
  他们只得用老式犁慢慢的干活。
• The ploughs were not in use and were rusting away.
  这些犁废弃不用，正慢慢生锈腐蚀。
• 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。
• Report about the feasibility of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway station project not only tests Ministry of Railways, but also ploughs around the market.
  新批准的《京沪高速铁路可行性报告》在考验铁道部，也在试探市场。