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

• My professor often ploughs through The Dream of Red Mansion just to find a specific seasoning of a particular dish.
  我的教授常常会翻遍《红楼梦》，只为找到某一道菜的调味品。
• Rakes, ploughs, hoes and spades are simple farming implements.
  耙、犁、锄、铲是简单的农具。
• The soil is not difficult to till when there is a lot of rain, but in a bad year, it's not only the ploughs that break but our hearts, too.
  雨水充沛时地不难耕种，可是在大旱年景，不但犁会破碎，我们的心也会碎的。
• The Disc Ploughs are mainly used for tillage on dry cultivatedor fallow land, especially on high yield's manure land, wheat and rice stubble fields.
  系列圆盘犁主要用于旱区作业熟地或生地的翻耕作业，特别适用于耕翻高产绿肥田和稻麦茬的回田，它具有阻力小、操作复合等特点；
• We had no trouble getting the ploughs hitched.
  我们牵引上耕犁毫无困难。
• Report about the feasibility of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway station project not only tests Ministry of Railways, but also ploughs around the market.
  新批准的《京沪高速铁路可行性报告》在考验铁道部，也在试探市场。
• They had to work slowly by using old type ploughs.
  他们只得用老式犁慢慢的干活。
• Wooden ploughs were the basic tools for agricultural production and yaks were employed for threshing.
  农业生产基本上是使用二牛抬杠的木犁耕地，牦牛踩场脱粒。
• A wasted commentator, ploughs down an18-year old.
  一个评论员，撞死了一个18岁的男孩。
• Ploughs are pulled by tractors, or in some countries by oxen.
  犁由拖拉机牵引，在一些国家则用牛来拉。