sow

sow1
[səʊ]
(past sowed səʊd; past participle sown səʊn 或sowed)
[with obj.]
  1. plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth
    播（种）
    fill a pot with compost and sow a thin layer of seeds on top.
    在花盆里施堆肥，然后在上面播种稀疏的一层种子。
    ■plant the seeds of (a plant or crop)
    种（植物，庄稼）
    catch crops should be sown after minimal cultivation.
    茁壮的庄稼应当在略事耕耘后下种。
    ■plant (a piece of land) with seed
    在（一块地）播种
    the field used to be sown with oats.
    这块田过去是种植燕麦的。
    ■(be sown with)be thickly covered with
    布满；覆盖
    we walked through a valley sown with boulders.
    我们穿过一个满是怪石的山谷。
    ■lay or plant (an explosive mine) or cover (territory) with mines
    埋（地雷）；将（一地区）布上地雷
    the field had both British and German mines sown in it.
    这片地里英国人和德国人都埋了地雷。
    ■ cause to appear or spread
    使出现；传播
    the new policy has sown confusion and doubt.
    新政策引起了混乱和猜疑。
常用词组
sow the seed (或seeds) of
  1. do something which will eventually bring about (a particular result, especially a disastrous one)
    埋下…的种子（尤指最后会带来恶果的事情）
    the seeds of dissension had been sown.
    埋下了纠纷的种子。
派生
sower
noun
语源
  1. Old English sāwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaaien and German säen
sow2
[saʊ]
noun
  1. an adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed
    （尤指产过仔猪的）母猪
    ■the female of certain other mammals, e.g. the guinea pig
    某些雌性哺乳动物（如豚鼠）
  2. a large block of metal (larger than a ‘pig’) made by smelting
    铁锭
常用词组
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
  1. (proverb)you can't create a fine product from inferior materials
    (谚)劣材难成器
语源
  1. Old English sugu; related to Dutch zeug, German Sau, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sus and Greek hus 'pig'
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