in AM, use 美国英语用 plow
1 N-COUNT 犁 A plough is a large farming tool with sharp blades which is pulled across the soil to turn it over, usually before seeds are planted. 犁
3 VERB 犁(地);耕(地) When someone ploughs an area of land, they turn over the soil using a plough. 犁(地);耕(地)
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They ploughed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. [VERB noun]
他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。
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...a carefully ploughed field. [VERB-ed]
仔细犁过的田地
SYN turn over, dig, till, ridge
4 PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] (土地)被开垦成耕地 If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops. (土地)被开垦成耕地
5 to plough a furrow→see: furrow
Phrasal verbs: - plough backplough intoplough onplough throughplough up
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