| 单词 | plough |
| 释义 | plough n. & v. (esp. US plow) --n 1. an implement with a cutting blade fixed in a frame drawn by a tractor or by horses, for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it up. 2. an implement resembling this and having a comparable function (snowplough). 3. ploughed land. 4. (the Plough) the constellation Ursa Major or its seven bright stars. --v 1. tr. (also absol.) turn up (the earth) with a plough, esp. before sowing. 2. tr. (foll. by out, up, down, etc.) turn or extract (roots, weeds, etc.) with a plough. 3. tr. furrow or scratch (a surface) as if with a plough. 4. tr. produce (a furrow or line) in this way. 5. intr. (foll. by through) advance laboriously, esp. through work, a book, etc. 6. intr. (foll. by through, into) move like a plough violently. 7. intr. & tr. Brit. colloq. fail in an examination. Phrases and idioms plough back 1. plough (grass etc.) into the soil to enrich it. 2. reinvest (profits) in the business producing them. Plough Monday the first Monday after the Epiphany. put one's hand to the plough undertake a task (Luke 9:62). Derivatives ploughable adj. plougher n. Etymology: OE ploh f. ON pl{oacute}gr f. Gmc |
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