| 单词 | to plough under |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto plough under to plough under transitive. To bury in the soil (esp. as a manure) by ploughing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (of person) [verb (intransitive)] > bury by ploughing to plough under1827 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > bury by ploughing to plough down1743 to plough in1764 to plough under1827 1827 Wilmingtonian & Delaware Advertiser 25 Jan. It is then ploughed under with a shallow furrow. 1860 Amer. Agriculturist Dec. 362/3 The chief reliance is placed on plowing under green crops, and on swamp-muck. 1900 Year-bk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 379 If crimson clover is grown, it should be plowed under rather early in the spring to get the best results. 1947 D. H. Robinson Leguminous Forage Plants (ed. 2) i. 6 When a clover root is ploughed under and decays, the soil becomes enriched with combined nitrogen which acts as a fertilizer to subsequent crops. 1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 15 Apr. 1/1 Preservationists blocking bulldozers with their bodies, builders plowing under history..mark the extremes of an age-old battle. < as lemmas |
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