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单词 sowbread
释义

sow2 /sow/

noun
  1. A female pig
  2. The female of various other animals, eg the badger
  3. An abusive term for a fat, lazy, greedy, or sluttish person, esp a woman
  4. A main channel for molten iron, leading to metal pigs (qv)
  5. The metal solidified there
  6. A movable shed for protecting besiegers (military historical)
ORIGIN: OE , sugu; Ger Sau, ON syr; L sūs, Gr hȳs

sowˈback noun (geology)

Same as hogback (see under hog1)

sowˈbread noun

A cyclamen, esp Cyclamen europaeum, so called because its tubers are eaten by pigs

sow bug noun (N American)

A woodlouse

sowˈ-drunk adjective (obs inf)

Extremely and inhumanly drunk

sowˈ-skin noun and adjective

sow thistle noun

A thistle-like genus of plants (Sonchus) with milky juice, yellow flowers and prickly leaves

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