plough

noun

/plaʊ/

(British English)

(North American English plow)

Idioms

[countable] a large piece of farming equipment with one or several curved blades (= metal cutting parts), pulled by a tractor or by animals. It is used for digging and turning over soil, especially before seeds are planted.犁
- Oxen were used to pull ploughs.牛被用来拉犁。
see also snowploughTopics Farmingc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- horse-drawn
- ox-drawn
- …
verb + plough/plow
- draw
- pull
plough/plow + noun
- horse
- team
- furrow
- …
the Plough
(British English)
(North American English the Big Dipper)
[singular] a group of seven bright stars that can only be seen from the northern half of the world北斗星

词源late Old English plōh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ploeg and German Pflug. The spelling plough became common in England in the 18th cent.; earlier (16th–17th cents) the noun was normally spelled plough, the verb plow.

Idioms

under the plough

(British English, formal) (of land土地) used for growing crops, not for keeping animals on用于耕作的；作农田的 synonym arableTopics Farmingc2

plough

verb

/plaʊ/

(British English)

(North American English plow)

[transitive, intransitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they plough	/plaʊ/ /plaʊ/
he / she / it ploughs	/plaʊz/ /plaʊz/
past simple ploughed	/plaʊd/ /plaʊd/
past participle ploughed	/plaʊd/ /plaʊd/
-ing form ploughing	/ˈplaʊɪŋ/ /ˈplaʊɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

plough (something) to dig and turn over a field or other area of land with a plough犁（田）；耕（地）；翻（土）
- ploughed fields犁过的田地
Collocations Farming
Farming农场经营Growing food and raising animals种植粮食和饲养动物
- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field耕地；犁田
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼
- spread manure/fertilizer on something给…施撒粪肥／肥料
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地
- damage/destroy/lose your crop损害／毁坏／损失农作物
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄
- press/dry/ferment grapes压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊
- kill/slaughter livestock屠宰家畜
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
Modern farming现代农场经营
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research资助／投资基因工程／研究
- improve/increase crop yields提高／增加粮食产量
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies取消／减少农业补贴
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
Topics Farmingc2
词源late Old English plōh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ploeg and German Pflug. The spelling plough became common in England in the 18th cent.; earlier (16th–17th cents) the noun was normally spelled plough, the verb plow.

Idioms

plough a lonely, your own, etc., furrow

(literary) to do things that other people do not do, or be interested in things that other people are not interested in自耕孤畴（指自行其是或自得其乐）