| 释义 |
sow¹ /səʊ/ vt. | vi. | phr. (过去式 sowed, 过去分词 sown /səʊn/ 或 sowed)
❶ vt.
1. 播种，种；撒播(种子)；播种于(土地)
sow clover in the field 在田里播种苜蓿
sow a crop 播种作物
This grass is newly sown. 这草皮是新种的。
This plot of land was sown with maize. 这块地种了玉米。
Insects are sowing the lake surface with their eggs. 昆虫正在湖面撒卵。
2. 传播，散布；激起，煽动
sow suspicion (或 distrust) 挑起怀疑
sow dissension 挑拨离间
He attacked those who sowed dismay and division. 他抨击那些散布悲观情绪和煽动分裂的人。
3. 使布满；植入，埋种
Millions of fingerlings were sown in the waters of the Gulf. 千百万条幼鱼被撒入海湾水域中放养。
❷ vi.
1. 播种
It's too soon to sow yet. 现在播种还太早。
They wait to plough and sow until after the frost is out of the ground. 他们要等到地面的霜融化后才耕耘播种。
2. 开创事业；推动发展
May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy! 愿艰苦创业者终能欢呼成功!
[< OE sāwan; 与 ON sā, OHG sāen OSlav seja, L serere to sow 有关] phr. As a man sows, so he shall reap. (或: You must reap what you have sown.)见 reap
reap as (或 what) one has sown 见 reap
reap where one has not sown 见 reap |