ploughs

英 [plaʊz]

美 [plaʊz]

n.  犁; 北斗七星; 大熊星座
v.  犁(田); 耕(地); 翻(土)
plough的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 plow


• See also:snowplough
• VERB 犁（地）；耕（地）
  When someoneploughsan area of land, they turn over the soil using a plough.
  1. They ploughed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland.
     他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。
  2. ...a carefully ploughed field.
     仔细犁过的田地
• PHRASE （土地）被开垦成耕地
  If an area of land isunder the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or putunder the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
  1. There was not one inch of soil that was not under the plough.
     没有一寸土地未被开垦成耕地。
  2. ...as we put more and more wilderness under the plough.
     随着我们将越来越多的荒地开垦成耕地
• toplough a furrow→ see:furrow

双语例句

• Some African farmers now use ploughs instead of hoes.
  有些非洲农民现在用犁，而不用锄头。
• The ploughs were not in use and were rusting away.
  这些犁废弃不用，正慢慢生锈腐蚀。
• It is easy to sympathise with the foreigners. They know nothing about the price of ploughs.
  人们很容易会同情这些外国银行，它们对农村的情况一无所知。
• They had to work slowly by using old type ploughs.
  他们只得用老式犁慢慢的干活。
• Rakes, ploughs, hoes and spades are simple farming implements.
  耙、犁、锄、铲是简单的农具。
• HSBC is facing surging staff costs in fast-growing economies, including China, India and Brazil, as it ploughs money into these markets to offset more difficult conditions in the west.
  汇丰（HSBC）在中国、印度和巴西等快速增长经济体正面临员工成本飙升的局面。目前该行正向这些市场投入大量资金，以求抵消西方更为艰难的市况的不利影响。
• A wasted commentator, ploughs down an18-year old.
  一个评论员，撞死了一个18岁的男孩。
• Peasants wade knee deep in mud, coaxing water buffalo to pull ploughs.
  农民跋涉在没膝深的泥泞中，赶着牛在犁地。
• Gritters and snow ploughs are working overtime to keep the roads clear but for many people around the country the Christmas holidays have come early this year.
  铺砂机和除雪车都超时工作，确保道路畅通，但是对于英国的许多人来说，今年的圣诞季节提早到来。
• Where men cross over in their boats in the morning with ploughs on their shoulders to till their far-away fields;
  人们在早晨乘船渡过那边去，肩上扛着犁头，去耕耘他们的远处的田；