plough

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UK [plaʊ]
  • n.犁；北斗星
  • v.犁（田）；耕（地）；翻（土）
  • Web耕地；犁耕；耕种，犁沟
Plural Form：ploughs  Present Participle：ploughing  Past Participle：ploughed  

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plough
n.
1.
[c]
犁a large piece of farming equipment with one or several curved blades, pulled by a tractor or by animals. It is used for digging and turning over soil, especially before seeds are planted.
2.
[sing]
北斗星a group of seven bright stars that can only be seen from the northern half of the world
IDM
under the plough
用于耕作的；作农田的used for growing crops, not for keeping animals on
v.
1.
[t][i]
~ (sth)
犁（田）；耕（地）；翻（土）to dig and turn over a field or other area of land with a plough
ploughed fields
犁过的田地
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plough a lonely, your own, etc., furrow
自耕孤畴（指自行其是或自得其乐）to do things that other people do not do, or be interested in things that other people are not interested in

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AllAll,犁犁,北斗星北斗星,耕耕,翻翻,耕地耕地,犁耕犁耕,耕种，犁沟耕种，犁沟
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1.
Rather, it was a fundamental change in the technology the Mesopotamians used to produce food: the adoption of the plough.
相反地，是美索不达米亚常常生产食物的技术的一个基本改变——犁的采用，导致了社会的转变。
xiāng fǎn de , shì měi suǒ bù dá mǐ yà cháng cháng shēng chǎn shí wù de jì shù de yī gè jī běn gǎi biàn —— lí de cǎi yòng , dǎo zhì le shè huì de zhuǎn biàn 。
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The money saved, he says, from naval vessels ceasing to plough the seas would be enough to build a civil infrastructure in Puntland.
他说，从结束海军军舰护航而省下来的钱将足够为邦特兰建设公众基础设施。
tā shuō , cóng jié shù hǎi jūn jūn jiàn hù háng ér shěng xià lái de qián jiāng zú gòu wèi bāng tè lán jiàn shè gōng zhòng jī chǔ shè shī 。
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As the sombre wheels of the six carts go round, they seem to plough up a long crooked furrow among the populace in the streets.
这六辆车的阴沉的轮子旋转着，似乎在街上的人群中犁出了一条弯弯曲曲的沟畦。
zhè liù liàng chē de yīn chén de lún zǐ xuán zhuǎn zhe , sì hū zài jiē shàng de rén qún zhōng lí chū le yī tiáo wān wān qū qū de gōu qí 。
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J&J sells Remicade, an anti-inflammatory drug, with Schering-Plough, and a deal for the company could give it full rights to the drug.
强生与先灵葆雅联合销售消炎药物Remicade，如果达成交易可能会使它获得对该药的全部权利。
qiáng shēng yǔ xiān líng bǎo yǎ lián hé xiāo shòu xiāo yán yào wù Remicade , rú guǒ dá chéng jiāo yì kě néng huì shǐ tā huò de duì gāi yào de quán bù quán lì 。
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He said the government would also plough money into the expansion of solar heating systems.
张晓强称中国政府还会对扩建太阳能加热系统投入更多资金。
zhāng xiǎo qiáng chēng zhōng guó zhèng fǔ hái huì duì kuò jiàn tài yáng néng jiā rè xì tǒng tóu rù gèng duō zī jīn 。
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Why should any entrepreneur plough money into a new factory when he has no idea what taxes he will eventually be asked to pay?
在他还不确定将征收何种税款时，为什么企业家应该将资金投入到新建工厂？
zài tā hái bù què dìng jiāng zhēng shōu hé zhǒng shuì kuǎn shí , wèi shén me qǐ yè jiā yīng gāi jiāng zī jīn tóu rù dào xīn jiàn gōng chǎng ?
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My master's surprise equalled or exceeded mine: he remained for a minute at a loss how to address the plough boy, as he had called him.
我主人的惊奇跟我一样，或者还超过了我，他呆在那儿有一分钟之久，不知该怎样招呼这个他所谓的乡巴佬。
wǒ zhǔ rén de jīng qí gēn wǒ yí yàng , huò zhě hái chāo guò le wǒ , tā dāi zài nà er yǒu yī fēn zhōng zhī jiǔ , bù zhī gāi zěn yàng zhāo hū zhè ge tā suǒ wèi de xiāng bā lǎo 。
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After the war, he gave up the sword for the plough.
战争结束后，他解甲归田。
zhàn zhēng jié shù hòu , tā jiě jiǎ guī tián 。
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One day, he met a farmer in a great agony. The farmer told him, "My buffalo is just dead, how can I plough the field without its help? "
一日，他遇见一个农夫，农夫的样子非常苦恼，他向天使诉说：“我家的水牛刚死了，没它帮忙犁田，我怎能下田作业呢？”
yī rì , tā yù jiàn yī gè nóng fū , nóng fū de yàng zǐ fēi cháng kǔ nǎo , tā xiàng tiān shǐ sù shuō : " wǒ jiā de shuǐ niú gāng sǐ le , méi tā bāng máng lí tián , wǒ zěn néng xià tián zuò yè ne ? "
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The economists were able to use measures of agro-climatic conditions to predict which parts of the world would adopt the plough.
经济学家能够用农业气候的测量方法来预测世界上的哪些地区会采用犁耕。
jīng jì xué jiā néng gòu yòng nóng yè qì hòu de cè liáng fāng fǎ lái yù cè shì jiè shàng de nǎ xiē dì qū huì cǎi yòng lí gēng 。
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