plough

plough
(美 plow)
noun
  1. a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or by animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, especially to prepare for the planting of seeds
    犁
    ■[mass noun]land where the earth has been turned using such an implement
    犁过的地，耕地
    she saw a brown strip of plough.
    她看见一片棕色的耕地。
    ■(chiefly N. Amer.)a snowplough
    (主北美)雪犁，扫雪机
  2. (the Plough)a prominent formation of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), containing the Pointers that indicate the direction to the Pole Star
    北斗七星，北斗星。 亦称Big Dipper (北美), Charles's Wain (旧，英)
verb
[with obj.]
  1. turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing
    （尤指在播种前）翻犁
    the fields had all been ploughed up.
    地已全部翻过了。
    [as adj. ploughed]a ploughed field.
    已翻犁过的地。
    ■cut (a furrow or line) with or as if with a plough
    （用或仿佛用犁）划出（沟或线）
    icebergs have ploughed furrows on the seabed.
    冰山在海底上划出一道道沟。
    ■(of a ship or boat) travel through (an area of water)
    （轮船，木船）穿过（水域)，乘风破浪
    cruise liners plough the long-sailed routes.
    游轮在远途航行路线上乘风破浪。
    ■(plough something up)unearth something while using a plough
    （用犁）挖出
    some day someone will plough up the bomb and lose a leg.
    某一天有人会挖出那颗炸弹并失去一条腿。
  2. [no obj., with adverbial of direction](especially of a vehicle) move in a fast and uncontrolled manner
    （尤指车辆）猛撞
    the car ploughed into the side of a van.
    那辆小汽车猛然撞上了货车的侧面。
    ■advance or progress laboriously or forcibly
    勇前进，奋力前行，努力向前
    they ploughed their way through deep snow.
    他们奋力穿过深深的积雪。
    the students are ploughing through a set of grammar exercises.
    学生们在努力做一套语法练习题。
    ■(plough on)continue steadily despite difficulties or warnings to stop
    （不顾困难或要求停止的警告而）继续坚持
    he ploughed on, trying to outline his plans.
    他不顾一切继续讲下去，试图简要地说明他的计划。
  3. (chiefly N. Amer.)clear snow from (a road) using a snowplough
    (主北美)（用扫雪机）从（道路）清除积雪
  4. (Brit. informal, dated)fail (an examination)
    (英，非正式，旧)考试）不及格
常用词组
plough a lonely (或 one's own) furrow
  1. follow a course of action in which one is isolated or in which one can act independently
    孤独无援地行动，我行我素
put (或 set) one's hand to the plough
  1. embark on a task
    着手做，开始做
派生
ploughable
adjective
plougher
noun
语源
  1. late Old English plōh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ploeg and German Pflug. The spelling plough became common in England in the 18th cent.; earlier (16th–17th cents) the noun was normally spelled plough, the verb plow
继承用法
plough something in/back
  1. plough grass or other material into the soil to enrich it
    把（草或其他材料）犁入土中做肥料
    ■invest money in a business or reinvest profits in the enterprise producing them
    投资，（把利润）再投资
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