plowing 的 4 个定义
- 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.
- (5)
- 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.
- (8)
- 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.
- (5)
- 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.
plowing 近义词
dig up ground for cultivation
更多plowing例句
- For example, when tackling a large space like your driveway, the fastest method is to start down the center using a plow shovel, and then work your way towards the outer edges, finally removing the snow with a traditional snow shovel.
- Not long ago, a whole host of artists were plowing these fields—Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Johnny Winter.
- The company is plowing the profits from the first store into expansion.
- Meanwhile, the private sector—and state and local governments—are getting on with their business and plowing ahead.
- And then third, figure out how you can live on 75% of your income, while plowing 25% into retirement savings.
- If we are plowing hundreds of billions into college loans with low-to-no wage growth, this implies one of two things.
- The effect of plowing is to break the ground into lumps, which lie upon each other, giving free admission to the air between them.
- If domestic manures are applied, use about twelve cords to the acre, composting before plowing under.
- Thus, plowing is usually farm labor, but if it is done to make land ready for building a house it is not.
- Out on a green meadow a farmer drove a tractor, busily plowing deep furrows for a new crop.
- After some days we were in the Indian Ocean, plowing lazily along and counting the hours until we reached Mombasa.