Plough
[ pla? ]
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n. 耕作，耕地;犁;[天]北斗七星;〈英俚〉（主考人評定）不及格;
vt.& vi. 用犁耕田;開路;破浪前進;投（資）;
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He exchanged the plough for the sword.
他以犁換劍（化干戈為玉帛）。
I don't collect the interest but plough it back into my savings account.
我不把利息取出，總把它再存入儲蓄帳戶。
He shall teach man the use of the plough.
他將教會人類如何使用犁。
To plough a field is to turn over the soil in it with a plough.
耕田就是用犁翻田中的土壤。
The water buffalo squelched up and down the paddy fields, pulling the plough.
水牛拉著犁, 在稻田里咕唧咕唧地走著。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ plough-耕地,plug-瓶塞:在耕地時,犁出一個瓶塞
※ p-拼音“怕”,lou-拼音“漏”,gh-拼音“干活”:怕漏掉干活用的犁
※ po-拼音“婆”,lou-拼音“摟”,gh-拼音“干活”:婆婆摟著孫子干活,她在奮力干活
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lough
(US plow), n
1
(a) [C] implement with a curved blade, used for digging furrows in the soil, esp before seeds are planted, pulled by animals or by a tractor .
(b) (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) implement resembling this 似 的工具
a `snow-plough, ie one for clearing snow from roads and railways 雪 （清除路面或鐵道積雪的）.
2 the Plough [sing]
(also Charles's Wain) (Brit) (US also the Big Dipper) (astronomy 天) group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, visible only from the Northern hemisphere 北斗七星.
3 [U] land that has been ploughed 過的地; 耕地
100 acres of plough 100英畝耕地.
4 (idm 習語) under the `plough (of land) used for growing grain and not for pasture （指土地）用於種莊稼的（非牧用的）. plough (US plow) v
1 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) break up the surface of (land) with a plough 犁（地）; 耕（地）: plough a field 耕田
The meadow's been ploughed up. 那片草地已用 翻過.
2 [I, Tn] (dated Brit sl 舊, 俚) (cause sb to) fail (an examination) （使某人）考（試）不及格
I ploughed my finals. 我期末考試不及格.
The examiners ploughed half the candidates. 主考人員刷掉了一半應試者.
3 (idm 習語) plough a lonely `furrow work without help or support 孤獨無援地工作.
4 (phr v) plough sth back
(a) put (a crop or grass) back in the soil by ploughing in order to enrich the soil 將（作物或草）犁入土中作肥料.
(b) (fig 比喻) re-invest (profits) in the business that produced them 將（利潤）作為資本再投資於原企業中. plough into sth/sb crash violently into sth/sb 猛力撞某物[某人]
The car went out of control and ploughed into the side of a bus. 那汽車失控攔腰撞上了一輛公共汽車. plough (one's way) through sth
(a) force a way through sth 費力穿過某處
plough one's way through the mud 在泥濘中艱難跋涉
The ship ploughed through the waves. 那輪船破浪前進.
(b) make progress slowly or with difficulty through sth 緩慢或費力地在某方面取得進展
plough through legal text books, a pile of documents, mountains of work, etc 吃力地鉆研法律教科書、 緩慢地閱讀一堆文件、 費力地處理堆積如山的工作.
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*[plau]n. 犁, 犁過的地vi. 用犁耕田, 開路vt. 耕, 犁, 開路相關詞組: plough sth back plough into plough under to plough the air plough around
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The first settlers on the plains of America were Native Americans.
美洲平原上的首批定居者是美洲土著人。
He waited until someone new joined the company and then began to steal.
他等待有人剛加入公司后才開始偷竊。
Yes, it is, she said. And who are you, anyway?
不，是我的名字啊，她說，而你到底是誰呀？"