单词 | plough |
释义 | plough (US → plow) /plau; plau/ n 1 implement for cutting farrows in soil and turning it up, drawn by animals or (more usually) a tractor. 犁(由兽力或曳引机拖动)。 put ones hand to the ~, (fig) undertake a task. (喻)着手工作 <, '~ .boy n boy who leads the horses that pull a ~. 牵引犁田之马的孩子; 耕童。 '~-man /-man; -man/ n (pl -men) man who guides a ~. 以犁耕田者; 农夫。 '~-share n broad blade of a ~. 声钵。 2 kinds of implement resembling a ~. 犁泌器真。 'snow- ~ n one for clearing away snow from roads and railways. 除雪机; 排除道路上及铁道上积雪的器具。 3 [U] ploughed land: 耕地; 耕过的地: 100 acres of ~. 一百嗷耕地。 4 the P~, (astron) the group of stars called Charles's Wain, the Big Dipper or the Great Bear. (天文)北斗七星(又称为 Charles's Wain, the Big Dipper 或 the Great Bear) → vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 15B] ~ (back), break up (land) with a ~: 垫(地); 耕 7 田): ~ a field; 耕由; (fig) (喻) ~ back the profits of a business, reinvest them. 以利润作为资本投资; 再投资。 ~ s lonely furrow, (fig) work without help or support. (G) 孤痛无援地工作。 ~ the sand, (fig) do useless work. (喻)做无用之事; 徒劳无功。 2 [VP3A] ~ through, force a way through; advance laboriously: 费力穿过濑苦前进: a ship ~ing through the heavy waves; 冒着大浪前进的一禄船; ~ (one's way) through the mud; 在泥潭中费力前行; ~ through a dull textbook. 很费力地曲诮一本枯焕的敎科书。 3 [VP6A] (sl) reject (a candidate) in an examination: (俚)在考试中淘汰(应试者); 当掉(应试者): The examiners ~ed half the candidates. 主考人员刷掉了一半的应试者。 |
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