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plough 音标拼音: [pl'ɑʊ] [pl'o] n. 犁,耕地
vi. 用犁耕田,开路
vt. 耕,犁,开路 犁,耕地用犁耕田,开路耕,犁,开路 Plough n 1: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [ synonym: { Big Dipper}, { Dipper}, { Plough}, { Charles' s Wain}, { Wain}, { Wagon}] 2: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing [ synonym: { plow}, { plough}] v 1: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; " The ship plowed through the water" [ synonym: { plow}, { plough}] 2: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; " Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; " turn the earth in the Spring" [ synonym: { plow}, { plough}, { turn}] Plough \ Plough\, n. & v. See { Plow}. [ 1913 Webster]
Plow \ Plow\, Plough \ Plough\ ( plou), n. [ OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[= o] h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[= o] gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.] 1. A well- known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. [ 1913 Webster] Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [ Obs.] [ Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. -- Tale of Gamelyn. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A joiner' s plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Astron.) Same as { Charles' s Wain}. [ 1913 Webster] { Ice plow}, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [ U. S.] { Mackerel plow}. See under { Mackerel}. { Plow alms}, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. -- Cowell. { Plow beam}, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See { Beam}, n., 9. { Plow Monday}, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. { Plow staff}. ( a) A kind of long- handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. ( b) A plow handle. { Snow plow}, a structure, usually [ Lambda]- shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive. [ 1913 Webster] Plow
Plow \ Plow\, Plough \ Plough\ ( plou), v. i. To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? -- Isa. xxviii. 24. [ 1913 Webster] Plowable
Plow \ Plow\, Plough \ Plough\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Plowed} ( ploud) or { Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Plowing} or { Ploughing}.] 1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing. [ 1913 Webster] Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up With her prepared nails. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] With speed we plow the watery way. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See { Plow}, n., 5. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat. { To plow up}, to turn out of the ground by plowing. [ 1913 Webster] Plow |
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