mow
mow1
(past participle mowed 或mown)
[with obj.]
mower
noun
语源
mow someone down
mow2
noun
(past participle mowed 或mown)
[with obj.]
- cut down (an area of grass) with a machine
用机器给（长草的地方）割（或刈）草
Roger mowed the lawn.
罗杰给草坪刈草。
[as adj. mown]the delicious smell of newly mown grass.
刚割下的青草芳香的气息。
■(chiefly historical)cut down (grass or a cereal crop) with a scythe
(主史)用镰刀割（草，谷类作物）
mower
noun
语源
- Old English māwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch maaien, German mähen 'mow', also to mead
mow someone down
- kill someone with a fusillade of bullets or other missiles
（用枪等将人）撂倒；扫灭；残杀
■recklessly knock down someone with a car or other vehicle
（用汽车等）撞倒
mow2
noun
- [often with modifier](N. Amer. or dialect)a stack of hay, corn, or other crop
(主北美或方)干草（谷物等）堆
■a place in a barn where such a stack is put
（谷仓内）干草堆积处
- Old English mūga; of unknown ultimate origin; compare with Swedish and Norwegian muga 'heap'
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