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furrow

/fur-oh, fuhr-oh/US // ˈfɜr oʊ, ˈfʌr oʊ //UK // (ˈfʌrəʊ) //

沟沟壑壑,犁沟,沟沟坎坎,棱棱角角

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
    • : a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface: the furrows of a wrinkled face.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a furrow or furrows in.
    • : to make wrinkles in: to furrow one's brow.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become furrowed.

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Examples

  • Imprinted on a knobby rock about as big as an orange were the folds, furrows and even blood vessels of a brain.

  • Her eyebrows furrow with pain, her mouth falls open in shock, her hand reaching out to be saved.

  • He was fidgety, furrow-faced, almost entirely unsmiling, and largely inarticulate.

  • "He wouldn't be likely to notice you if you crept along the bottom of a furrow," Mr. Blackbird assured Grandfather Mole.

  • I picked up the handles and lifted the plough around, setting the point to the new furrow.

  • In fact, there had never been an owner for the land nor a furrow turned here since the dawn of creation.

  • Oar and keel, pebble and arrow, wind and current, are alike powerless to make a furrow that shall last.

  • Behind him wavered a long, deep-gouged furrow-trail, pitiful attest of suffering.