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sowed

/soh/US // soʊ //UK // (səʊ) //

播种,播种的,播种了,所种下的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sowed, sown or sowed, sow·ing.

    • : to scatter over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
    • : to plant seed for: to sow a crop.
    • : to scatter seed over for the purpose of growth.
    • : to implant, introduce, or promulgate; seek to propagate or extend; disseminate: to sow distrust or dissension.
    • : to strew or sprinkle with anything.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sowed, sown or sowed, sow·ing.

    • : to sow seed, as for the production of a crop.

Phrases

  • sow one's wild oats
  • can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Eventually, Cuomo entered the Clinton administration, and as HUD secretary sowed the seeds of the subprime mortgage catastrophe.

  • And those lawyers produced a lot of documents and sowed a lot of doubt.

  • So, yes, be wary of Greek dominos falling, but remember the domino theory was wrong during the Cold War yet it sowed fear.

  • When you send a tweet, Google a keyword, or stream a Netflix movie, you are harvesting what Shannon sowed.

  • They pursued their dreams, sowed their oats, established their careers, then began to think about settling down—not settling.

  • Father tore open the envelopes and sowed the seeds in Hepzebiah's garden, some in the little holes, some in the furrows.

  • My border seeds, the sweet alyssum and lobelia, I had sense enough not to plant, and I sowed none of the perennials.

  • But while he slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

  • The kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field.

  • Those of your priests who outraged us and sowed discord in our country, were punished according to our laws.