| 单词 | plowshare |
| 释义 | plowshare (once / 24220 pages) n A plowshare is a steel blade that cuts the top layer of soil. It's part of a plow. A plowshare is an important part of a plow: you might call it the business end, because it's the part that does the cutting of grass and soil. There are many types of plows, including mechanical plows, riding plows, and handheld blows, but the blade of all of them can be called a plowshare. This word is part of a famous proverb about "beating swords into plowshares," which means to move from war to peace. Plowshare is often spelled ploughshare. WORD FAMILYplowshare: plowshares USAGE EXAMPLESMichael Blecker, another commissioner who is the director of the veterans advocacy group Swords to Plowshares, issued a dissenting letter. New York Times(Jul 06, 2016) Five minutes later, that preacher is hanging from the rafters; finding him, the Hound pulls an axe from a log, beating plowshares back into swords. The New Yorker(Jun 27, 2016) The “agricultural engineers” speak blithely of “chemical plowing” in a world that is urged to beat its plowshares into spray guns. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring(1962) n a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil Syn|Hyper ploughshare, share wedge something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them |
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