plough

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Related topics: Agriculture, Soil, Tools

plough1 (also plow American English) /plaʊ/ noun [countableC]

1. TAa piece of farm equipment used to turn over the earth so that seeds can be planted 犁

2. under the plough British EnglishBrE formalTA land that is under the plough is used for growing crops 〔土地〕用于耕种的

Examples from the Corpus

under the plough• Half a million acres came newly under the plough between 1761 and 1792, one million more during the Napoleonic Wars.

→ snow plough(1)

Examples from the Corpus

plough• I just took a plough over the whole field.• Nos. 44 and 48 passed to London Transport still with bogie mounted plough carriers.• Otherwise a simple plough was used.• The introduction of the plough made possible much greater density of population, concentrated in villages and manors.• Inland, the rich red of the plough fields glowed in the sunshine.• They were more commonly called plough-bullocks from the fact that they pulled the plough in the procession.• Half a million acres came newly under the plough between 1761 and 1792, one million more during the Napoleonic Wars.

Related topics: Agriculture, Soil

plough2 (also plow American English) verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TADIG to turn over the earth using a plough so that seeds can be planted 犁（地），耕（地）

In those days the land was plowed by oxen.

在那个年代是用公牛来犁地的。

a ploughed field

犁过的地

► see thesaurus at dig

2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SLOW to move with a lot of effort or force 奋力前进

plough through/up/across etc

We ploughed through the thick mud.

我们在厚厚的淤泥中奋力前行。

3. plough a lonely/lone furrow British EnglishBrE literary to do a job or activity that is different from those done by other people, or to do it alone 独行其是，踽踽独行

PHRASAL VERBS

4 plough ahead phrasal verbphr v to continue to do something in spite of opposition or difficulties 〔指不顾反对或困难〕我行我素奋力从事

with

The government will plough ahead with tests this year, despite a boycott from teachers.

尽管受到教师的抵制，政府今年仍将执意推行这些考试。

5 plough something ↔ back phrasal verbphr v MONEYto use money that you have earned from a business to make the business bigger and more successful 把〔赚来的钱〕再投资

into

Companies can plough back their profits into new equipment.

公司可以把利润再投资到新设备中。

Examples from the Corpus

plough back• In the near term, it does not intend to pay any dividends, instead ploughing all profits back.• They were not ones for put-ring their hand to the plough then looking back.• The immediate alternative to burning is to plough the straw back in, but that can be prohibitively expensive.• For the first four years I didn't take a wage and ploughed everything back into the business.• Seth had ploughed into the back of another van, earning himself a broken nose and twenty-five stitches in his face.• It appears their chair had ploughed into the back of another.

6 plough into somebody/something phrasal verbphr v HIT/BUMP INTOto crash into something or someone, especially while driving, because you are unable to stop quickly enough 〔尤指刹车不及〕猛撞上

I plowed into the car in front.

我刹车不及，撞上了前面的车。

7 plough on phrasal verbphr v CONTINUE/NOT STOPto continue doing something that is difficult or boring 继续做〔困难或枯燥的事情〕

with

Julia ploughed on with the endless exam papers.

朱莉娅继续批改那些没完没了的考卷。

He looked displeased but she ploughed on regardless.

他看上去不高兴了，不过她不加理会继续干她的。

Examples from the Corpus

plough with• Mr Sugar is ploughing on with the rationalisation announced last year.• But live these experiments are virtually forgotten as they plough on with their ridiculously outdated, clichéd brand of power punk.

8 plough through something phrasal verbphr v READto read all of something, even though it is boring and takes a long time 费力地坚持读[看]完

Most staff will never want to plough through the manuals that come with the software.

大多数员工根本不愿意坚持读完软件的使用手册。

Examples from the Corpus

plough through • All eager students need do is to plough through its well-presented 600 pages and they will emerge as masters too.• He had just ploughed through seven Seahawks.• It skidded in an arc ... mounted the kerb and ploughed through the bench where the children were sitting.• Now, their lustre faded, they must plough through the qualifying slog to get there.• The car lurched to the right, mounted the grass verge, and ploughed through the safety barrier.• But instead of ploughing through the text, their introduction to the play comes from Tilt - a new Gloucester-based company.• A secretary or executive has to plough through them all to fulfil every media request.• To try and get to it by going round outside the garden wall meant ploughing through waist-high nettles and clumps of bramble.

9 plough something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v BREAKto break up the surface of the ground by travelling over it many times 轧破，碾坏〔地面〕

Horses plough up the paths and make them muddy for walkers.

小路被马匹踩坏了，行路者走起来泥泞不堪。

Examples from the Corpus

plough up• Duwayne ploughs stolidly up and down the length of the pool several times like a great slab of walrus.• Some one will plough it up and lose a leg.

Examples from the Corpus

plough• Farming practice in recent years has moved to autumn ploughing and early sowing of oil-seed rape and winter wheat.• The land is ploughed and then the seed is sown, the crop sprayed, the harvest taken, and so on.• The fields are ploughed as soon as the winter crop is removed.• Koju was an illiterate villager who had spent his life in the desert ploughing dust with oxen.• It appears their chair had ploughed into the back of another.• And if you have to plough the field anyway, you might as well plant it at the same time.• Now, their lustre faded, they must plough through the qualifying slog to get there.• It was like a huge farm implement ploughing up one pale flower, not quite crushing it.

ploughed field• Dumont does not scruple to show the naked corpse, left on the edge of a ploughed field.• It would have been easier to drive across a ploughed field.• Jack went down a rutted, muddy track to a low stone-built wall behind which was a ploughed field.• The bank sloped down about ten feet, into a large ploughed field.• There was no more open country now; we camped always on dark, ploughed fields.• He had first caught sight of her riding in a ploughed field beyond the barbed wire perimeter of the air base.• Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper, just for a few moments before the ball disappears.• The ploughed fields were purple and Ambadji, larger now but still riding the horizon, was blue on pale pink.

plough through/up/across etc• Ive been off and I am presently ploughing through 80 odd messages.• Employers may be sifting through dozens of forms and unwilling to plough through a lot of waffle.• Often they are ploughed up from agricultural land, lone victims, their bodies incomplete.• All eager students need do is to plough through its well-presented 600 pages and they will emerge as masters too.• He had just ploughed through seven Seahawks.• Realistically, most staff never will want to plough through the manuals that come with most software.• Now, their lustre faded, they must plough through the qualifying slog to get there.• But instead of ploughing through the text, their introduction to the play comes from Tilt - a new Gloucester-based company.

the PloughPlough, then British EnglishBrE, the Plow American EnglishAmE

n1.a group of seven bright stars that can only be seen from the northern part of the world. They form part of the constellation (=group of stars) called Ursa Major, and in the US they are often called the Big Dipper.

From Longman Business Dictionary

ploughplough /plaʊ/ British EnglishBrE, plow American EnglishAmE verb

→ plough something → back into something

词汇	plough
释义	plough Word family adjectiveploughablenounplougherploughingploughboyploughgateploughlandploughmanploughman's lunchploughshareploughwrightploughadverbploughwise Related topics: Agriculture, Soil, Tools plough1 (also plow American English) /plaʊ/ noun [countableC] 1. TAa piece of farm equipment used to turn over the earth so that seeds can be planted 犁 2. under the plough British EnglishBrE formalTA land that is under the plough is used for growing crops 〔土地〕用于耕种的 Examples from the Corpus under the plough• Half a million acres came newly under the plough between 1761 and 1792, one million more during the Napoleonic Wars. → snow plough(1) Examples from the Corpus plough• I just took a plough over the whole field.• Nos. 44 and 48 passed to London Transport still with bogie mounted plough carriers.• Otherwise a simple plough was used.• The introduction of the plough made possible much greater density of population, concentrated in villages and manors.• Inland, the rich red of the plough fields glowed in the sunshine.• They were more commonly called plough-bullocks from the fact that they pulled the plough in the procession.• Half a million acres came newly under the plough between 1761 and 1792, one million more during the Napoleonic Wars. Related topics: Agriculture, Soil plough2 (also plow American English) verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TADIG to turn over the earth using a plough so that seeds can be planted 犁（地），耕（地） In those days the land was plowed by oxen. 在那个年代是用公牛来犁地的。 a ploughed field 犁过的地 ► see thesaurus at dig 2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SLOW to move with a lot of effort or force 奋力前进 plough through/up/across etc We ploughed through the thick mud. 我们在厚厚的淤泥中奋力前行。 3. plough a lonely/lone furrow British EnglishBrE literary to do a job or activity that is different from those done by other people, or to do it alone 独行其是，踽踽独行 PHRASAL VERBS 4 plough ahead phrasal verbphr v to continue to do something in spite of opposition or difficulties 〔指不顾反对或困难〕我行我素奋力从事 with The government will plough ahead with tests this year, despite a boycott from teachers. 尽管受到教师的抵制，政府今年仍将执意推行这些考试。 5 plough something ↔ back phrasal verbphr v MONEYto use money that you have earned from a business to make the business bigger and more successful 把〔赚来的钱〕再投资 into Companies can plough back their profits into new equipment. 公司可以把利润再投资到新设备中。 Examples from the Corpus plough back• In the near term, it does not intend to pay any dividends, instead ploughing all profits back.• They were not ones for put-ring their hand to the plough then looking back.• The immediate alternative to burning is to plough the straw back in, but that can be prohibitively expensive.• For the first four years I didn't take a wage and ploughed everything back into the business.• Seth had ploughed into the back of another van, earning himself a broken nose and twenty-five stitches in his face.• It appears their chair had ploughed into the back of another. 6 plough into somebody/something phrasal verbphr v HIT/BUMP INTOto crash into something or someone, especially while driving, because you are unable to stop quickly enough 〔尤指刹车不及〕猛撞上 I plowed into the car in front. 我刹车不及，撞上了前面的车。 7 plough on phrasal verbphr v CONTINUE/NOT STOPto continue doing something that is difficult or boring 继续做〔困难或枯燥的事情〕 with Julia ploughed on with the endless exam papers. 朱莉娅继续批改那些没完没了的考卷。 He looked displeased but she ploughed on regardless. 他看上去不高兴了，不过她不加理会继续干她的。 Examples from the Corpus plough with• Mr Sugar is ploughing on with the rationalisation announced last year.• But live these experiments are virtually forgotten as they plough on with their ridiculously outdated, clichéd brand of power punk. 8 plough through something phrasal verbphr v READto read all of something, even though it is boring and takes a long time 费力地坚持读[看]完 Most staff will never want to plough through the manuals that come with the software. 大多数员工根本不愿意坚持读完软件的使用手册。 Examples from the Corpus plough through • All eager students need do is to plough through its well-presented 600 pages and they will emerge as masters too.• He had just ploughed through seven Seahawks.• It skidded in an arc ... mounted the kerb and ploughed through the bench where the children were sitting.• Now, their lustre faded, they must plough through the qualifying slog to get there.• The car lurched to the right, mounted the grass verge, and ploughed through the safety barrier.• But instead of ploughing through the text, their introduction to the play comes from Tilt - a new Gloucester-based company.• A secretary or executive has to plough through them all to fulfil every media request.• To try and get to it by going round outside the garden wall meant ploughing through waist-high nettles and clumps of bramble. 9 plough something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v BREAKto break up the surface of the ground by travelling over it many times 轧破，碾坏〔地面〕 Horses plough up the paths and make them muddy for walkers. 小路被马匹踩坏了，行路者走起来泥泞不堪。 Examples from the Corpus plough up• Duwayne ploughs stolidly up and down the length of the pool several times like a great slab of walrus.• Some one will plough it up and lose a leg. Examples from the Corpus plough• Farming practice in recent years has moved to autumn ploughing and early sowing of oil-seed rape and winter wheat.• The land is ploughed and then the seed is sown, the crop sprayed, the harvest taken, and so on.• The fields are ploughed as soon as the winter crop is removed.• Koju was an illiterate villager who had spent his life in the desert ploughing dust with oxen.• It appears their chair had ploughed into the back of another.• And if you have to plough the field anyway, you might as well plant it at the same time.• Now, their lustre faded, they must plough through the qualifying slog to get there.• It was like a huge farm implement ploughing up one pale flower, not quite crushing it. ploughed field• Dumont does not scruple to show the naked corpse, left on the edge of a ploughed field.• It would have been easier to drive across a ploughed field.• Jack went down a rutted, muddy track to a low stone-built wall behind which was a ploughed field.• The bank sloped down about ten feet, into a large ploughed field.• There was no more open country now; we camped always on dark, ploughed fields.• He had first caught sight of her riding in a ploughed field beyond the barbed wire perimeter of the air base.• Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper, just for a few moments before the ball disappears.• The ploughed fields were purple and Ambadji, larger now but still riding the horizon, was blue on pale pink. plough through/up/across etc• Ive been off and I am presently ploughing through 80 odd messages.• Employers may be sifting through dozens of forms and unwilling to plough through a lot of waffle.• Often they are ploughed up from agricultural land, lone victims, their bodies incomplete.• All eager students need do is to plough through its well-presented 600 pages and they will emerge as masters too.• He had just ploughed through seven Seahawks.• Realistically, most staff never will want to plough through the manuals that come with most software.• Now, their lustre faded, they must plough through the qualifying slog to get there.• But instead of ploughing through the text, their introduction to the play comes from Tilt - a new Gloucester-based company. the PloughPlough, then British EnglishBrE, the Plow American EnglishAmE n1.a group of seven bright stars that can only be seen from the northern part of the world. They form part of the constellation (=group of stars) called Ursa Major, and in the US they are often called the Big Dipper. From Longman Business Dictionary ploughplough /plaʊ/ British EnglishBrE, plow American EnglishAmE verb → plough something → back into something
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