| 单词 | to plough out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto plough out to plough out transitive. To dig or turn out of the ground with a plough; to clear, eradicate, or excavate by or as by ploughing. In early use frequently figurative: †to root or tear out (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > pull out or up > violently tear out or up ruska1300 off-teara1393 ripa1400 whop14.. rivea1425 ravec1450 reavec1450 esrache1477 to plough out1591 uptear1593 outrive1598 ramp1607 upthrow1627 tear1667 to tear up1709 evulse1827 efforce1855 tear-out1976 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (of person) [verb (intransitive)] eareOE ploughc1450 to be at the ploughc1535 to take stitch1600 to plough out1643 to plough upa1895 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > erode [verb (transitive)] > cut channels or holes gull1577 rout1726 wash1766 scour1773 gully1775 erode1830 gorge1849 ravine1858 ream1859 channel1862 canyon1878 to plough out1886 cañon1889 incise1893 runnel1920 1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. F Oft haue I heard my Father saie..that a husbandman plowed out of the ground three things, wealth, health and quiet, which..is more worth then a kinges ransome. 1643 J. Bramhall Serpent Salve 91 We see Farmers which have a long terme, will husband their grounds well; but they that are but Tenents at will, plough out the very heart of it. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 43 God loves not to plow out the heart of our endeavours with over-hard and sad tasks. a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. iii. 504 Ploughed out of obscure antiquities I will now vse the true name. 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 233 Ploughing out the ranknesse of her Aristocracy by your Agrarian, you will find her an inexhaustible Magazine of Men. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 314 His bullish nature will be ploughed out in three years. 1771 J. S. Morrit in A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) II. vii. 139 Two acres of rich sand land, which the year before had been ploughed out of swarth. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 106 The workman..ploughs out the gutter for the lodgment of the barrel [of a gun]. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xiv. 266 A third period when the marine boulder drift formed in the middle period was ploughed out of the larger valleys by a second set of glaciers. 1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 54 These North-American rivers have plowed out channels whose deep walls rise as high as the smoke from the steamers. 1914 E. P. Stewart Lett. Woman Homesteader xx. 214 We had a man to break the ground and cover the potatoes for her... That was all that was done until digging time, when they were ploughed out and Jerrine picked them up. 1967 T. Hughes Wodwo ii. 53 There were plenty [of stones] here, piled and scattered where they had been ploughed out of the field. 1985 H. J. M. Bowen in R. Fitter Wildlife Thames Counties iv. 58 The native purple milkvetch has been ploughed out near Chilton. 1994 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Nov. (Touch the Arctic Adventure Tours '95) 6/2 You'll travel along a winter road ploughed out every winter across frozen lakes. < as lemmas |
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