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plough into

/plou/US // plaʊ //UK // (plaʊ) //

钻进,钻入,深入,犁地

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
    • : any of various implements resembling or suggesting this, as a kind of plane for cutting grooves or a contrivance for clearing away snow from a road or track.
    • : Type Founding. an instrument for cutting the groove in the foot of type.
    • : Bookbinding. a device for trimming the edges of the leaves by hand.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Ursa Major.the Big Dipper.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to turn up with a plow.
    • : to make with a plow.
    • : to tear up, cut into, or make a furrow, groove, etc. in with or as if with a plow: The tractor plowed up an acre of trees.
    • : to clear by the use of a plow, especially a snowplow: The city's work crews were busily plowing the streets after the blizzard.
    • : to invest, as capital: to plow several hundred million into developing new oil fields.
    • : to reinvest or reutilize: to plow profits back into new plants and equipment.
    • : to cleave the surface of: beavers plowing the pond.to make or follow in this manner: The yacht plowed an easterly course through the choppy Atlantic.
    • : Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse with.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to till the soil or work with a plow.
    • : to take plowing in a specified way: land that plows easily.
    • : to move forcefully through something in the manner of a plow: The cop plowed through the crowd, chasing after the thief. The car plowed into our house.
    • : to proceed in a slow, laborious, and steady manner: The researcher plowed through a pile of reports.
    • : to move through water by cleaving the surface: a ship plowing through a turbulent sea.
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    • : plow under, to bury under soil by plowing.to cause to disappear; force out of existence; overwhelm: Many mom-and-pop groceries have been plowed under by the big chain stores.

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Examples

  • The girl’s father had stepped in front of a city riding lawn mower that had a small plow attached after seeing her sledding toward it, police spokeswoman Andrea Escher said.

  • In the end the task force employed hundreds of dump trucks, front-end loaders, sanders, plows, rotaries, and flamethrowers to clear the way.

  • Snow pushers are essentially smaller, hand-powered versions of the industrial plow.

  • Speaking of snow, a big storm could trap your vehicle in several feet of the stuff, and things can get even worse if a plow goes by and buries it further.

  • You will also need a winch if you want to use a snow plow, which is nice to have during our extensive Alaskan winters.

  • Think the Frogtown settlers rinsed their tonsils with something that was “too wet to plow and too thick to drink”?

  • Speed-the-Plow is a particularly interesting choice for Lohan.

  • The Times, carefully couching its words, said it spoke with Lohan about a “potential appearance” in Speed-the-Plow.

  • No matter: Christman and her conservative sisters remain unbowed and eager to plow ahead.

  • The horse has always been a tool for man, whether it was tied to a plow or pulling a carriage.

  • Cincinnatus will not back to his plow, or, at the best, stands sullenly between his plow-handles arguing for a higher wage.

  • He hired an engine to plow all his land that was not prepared, besides renting a little more, and also took a flier in wheat.

  • They do not have to plow or dig, or perform any other cultivation than that of clearing the land where they are to plant.

  • The mode of culture is to plow between the rows and hoe the plants carefully.

  • Scattergood had first encountered her when she came to his hardware store to buy a plow.