单词 | plough one's way through |
释义 | plough or (N American or archaic) plow /plow/noun
ORIGIN: Late OE plōh, plōg a ploughland; cf ON plōgr ploughˈable adjective ploughˈer noun ploughˈing noun ploughˈwise adverb and adjective As in ploughing ploughˈboy noun A boy who drives or guides horses in ploughing ploughˈgate noun (Scot hist)
ploughˈ-iron noun The coulter, share, or other iron part of a plough ploughˈ-jogger noun (facetious) A ploughman ploughˈland noun
ploughˈman noun (pl ploughˈmen) A man who ploughs ploughman's lunch noun A cold meal of bread, cheese, cold meat, pickle, etc ploughman's spikenard see under spikenard Plough Monday noun An old ploughmen's festival, the Monday after Twelfth Day, supposed to mark the resumption of work after the holidays ploughˈshare noun
ploughˈ-staff noun A tool for clearing a plough of earth, etc ploughˈ-stilt noun A plough-handle ploughˈ-tail noun
ploughˈ-team noun The team of horses, oxen, etc (usu two), that pulls a simple plough ploughˈ-tree noun A plough-handle ploughˈwright noun Someone who makes and mends ploughs plough a lonely furrow To be separated from one's former friends and associates and go one's own way plough back (figurative) To reinvest (profits of a business) in that business plough in To cover with earth by ploughing plough on To make laborious progress plough (one's way) through To work, read, eat, etc, steadily but slowly and laboriously through plough the sands To work in vain or to no purpose put one's hand to the plough To begin an undertaking |
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