单词	furrow
释义	furrow1 nounfurrow2 verb furrowfur‧row1 /ˈfʌrəʊ $ ˈfɜːroʊ/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINfurrow1 Origin: Old English furh Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES All around the furrows in the fields were filled with snow. The boat's propellers slashed dark furrows in the water. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But when he looked at me, that furrow of care between his eyes turned into a question mark. Properties within this unit are long and rectangular and there are traces of ridge and furrow in them. The aim is to create something like this ... and that means the judges methodically comparing furrows. The forehead is usually divided by a central ridge or furrow as in much of the Negroid work. The spouts are placed so as to ensure no seed drops down the deep furrows immediately behind the subsoiler legs. The traffic that had caused the furrows a mile back could not have come this way. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora line on the ground or on the surface of something► line · If the ball goes over this line, it's out of play.yellow line (=a yellow line painted on the street which means that you cannot park there) · Monica got a fine yesterday for parking on a yellow line. ► rut a deep line made in a dirt track by the wheels of vehicles: · The road to the farm had deep ruts in it.· The carriage became stuck in a rut, and we all had to get out and push. ► tracks lines on the ground that are left by the wheels of a vehicle: · The police were busy examining the tyre tracks of the two vehicles which were involved in the accident.· We followed the tracks down a lane and arrived at an abandoned farmhouse. ► groove a thin line that has been cut into a surface, for example on a record: · The record player needle kept jumping out of the grooves.· Then you cut a groove into the wood, so that the two pieces can be slotted together. ► furrow one of many long lines which have been dug in a field in order to plant crops: · All around the furrows in the fields were filled with snow. WORD SETS► Soil cultivable, adjectivedirt, nounearth, nounearthy, adjectivefallow, adjectivefertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilizer, nounfurrow, nouninfertile, adjectiveirrigate, verblime, nounlime, verbloam, nounmanure, nounmud, nounmudbath, nounmuddy, adjectivemulch, nounmulch, verbpeat, nounplough, nounplough, verbsod, nounsoil, nounsubsoil, nountopdressing, nountopsoil, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► your brow furrows/creases/wrinkles (=lines appear on your brow because you are thinking or are worried) His brow furrowed. ‘I don’t understand,’ he said. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► deep · The spouts are placed so as to ensure no seed drops down the deep furrows immediately behind the subsoiler legs.· It scraped enormously over the road, turning a deep furrow in his life.· In fact it was a potato field with two foot deep furrows and tall healthy plants on the tops.· Another sweep along the side of a deep furrow produced a rusted iron belt-buckle of unusual design. VERB► plough · He did not merely walk barefoot in the pine needles, but dug his toes in so that they ploughed a shallow furrow.· Another company which has long been ploughing the higher resolution furrow is Printware.· The one who ploughed the straightest furrow as declared the winner.· We called ploughing the last furrow in a stetch taking up the brew. 1a deep line or fold in the skin of someone’s face, especially on the forehead → wrinkle:  A deep furrow appeared between his brows.2a wide deep line made in the surface of something, especially the ground:  the regular furrows of a plowed field The river cuts a long straight furrow between the hills. furrow1 nounfurrow2 verb furrowfurrow2 verb Verb Table VERB TABLE furrow Simple Form Present I, you, we, they furrow he, she, it furrows Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they furrowed Present perfect I, you, we, they have furrowed he, she, it has furrowed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had furrowed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will furrow Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have furrowed Continuous Form Present I am furrowing he, she, it is furrowing you, we, they are furrowing Past I, he, she, it was furrowing you, we, they were furrowing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been furrowing he, she, it has been furrowing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been furrowing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be furrowing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been furrowing Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► brow furrowed  Quin’s brow furrowed in concentration. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► your brow furrows/creases/wrinkles (=lines appear on your brow because you are thinking or are worried) His brow furrowed. ‘I don’t understand,’ he said. 1[intransitive, transitive] to make the skin on your face form deep lines or folds, especially because you are worried or thinking hard:  Quin’s brow furrowed in concentration.2[transitive] to make a wide deep line in the surface of something—furrowed adjective:  a furrowed brow
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