(past sowed; past participle sown 或sowed)with obj.
1- plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth播（种）：
fill a pot with compost and sow a thin layer of seeds on top.
在花盆里放满混合堆肥, 然后在上面播上稀疏的一层种子。
1.1
- plant the seeds of (a plant or crop)种（植物, 庄稼）：
catch crops should be sown after minimal cultivation.
间种作物应当在略事耕作后下种。
1.2
- plant (a piece of land) with seed在（一块地）播种：
the field used to be sown with oats.
这块田过去是种植燕麦的。
1.3
be sown with
be thickly covered with布满; 覆盖：we walked through a valley sown with boulders.
我们穿过一个满是怪石的山谷。
1.4
- lay or plant (an explosive mine) or cover (territory) with mines埋（地雷）; 将（一地区）布上地雷：
the field had both British and German mines sown in it.
这片地里英国人和德国人都埋了地雷。
1.5
- cause to appear or spread使出现; 传播：
the new policy has sown confusion and doubt.
新政策引起了混乱和猜疑。
短语
sow the seed（或seeds）of
- do something which will eventually bring about (a particular result, especially a disastrous one)埋下…的种子（尤指最后会带来恶果的事情）：
the seeds of dissension had been sown.
埋下了纠纷的种子。
派生词
sower
noun词源
Old English sāwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaaien and German säen.
1
- an adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed（尤指产过仔猪的）母猪。
1.1
- the female of certain other mammals, e.g. the guinea pig某些雌性哺乳动物（如豚鼠）。
2
- a large block of metal (larger than a 'pig') made by smelting铁锭。
短语
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- proverb you can't create a fine product from inferior materials〈谚〉劣材难成器。
词源
Old English sugu; related to Dutch zeug, German Sau, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sus and Greek hus 'pig'.