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plough/plaʊ/ n. & v. (esp. N. Amer. [尤北美] plow)●n. 1 an implement with a cutting blade fixed in a frame drawn by a tractor or by horses, for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it up 犁 2 an implement resembling this and having a comparable function 犁形工具 snowplough 扫雪机 3 ploughed land 犁过的地 4 (the Plough) the constellation Ursa Major or its seven bright stars 大熊(星)座,北斗七星 ●v. 1 tr. (also absol. [亦含宾]) turn up (the earth) with a plough, esp. before sowing (尤指播种前)犁(地),耕(地) 2 tr. (foll. by 后跟 out, up, down, etc.) turn or extract (roots, weeds, etc.) with a plough 犁除(根、草等) 3 tr. furrow or scratch (a surface) as if with a plough 在(表面)犁沟,挖沟 4 tr. produce (a furrow or line) in this way 开(沟),作(畦) 5 intr. (foll. by 后跟 through) advance laboriously, esp. through work, a book, etc. 费劲地取得进展(尤指完成工作,阅读书本等) 6 intr. (foll. by 后跟 through, into) travel or be propelled clumsily or violently 开路;跋涉 7 intr. & tr. Brit. colloq. fail in an examination [英口] (考试)不及格 □ plough back 1 plough (grass etc.) into the soil to enrich it 把(草等)犁入土中作肥料 2 reinvest (profits) in the business producing them 把(利润)再投资 □ plough under bury in the soil by ploughing 埋葬掉 □ put one's hand to the plough undertake a task (Luke 9:62) 开始干某事,着手做某事(《路加福音》 9:62) □ ploughable adj.□ plougher n.[Old English plōh from Old Norse plógr, from Germanic] |