plough: [OE] Plough was not the original English word for an ‘implement for turning over the soil’. That was Old English sulh, a relative of Latin sulcus ‘furrow’. Plough was borrowed in the 10th century from Old Norse plógr, a descendant of prehistoric Germanic *plōgaz. And this in turn was derived from a base *plōgacquired from one of the ancient Indo-European languages of northern Italy (source also of Latin plaustrum ‘wagon’). The earliest record we have of the word being used for the characteristically shaped group of seven stars in Ursa major is from early 16th-century Scotland.
plough
alternative spelling of plow. Related: Ploughed; ploughing.
雙語例句
1. It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.
它會出錢雇農(nóng)民開墾這塊低矮叢林來種植麥子。
來自柯林斯例句
2. This is early-20th-century rural Sussex, when horses still pulled the plough.
這是20世紀(jì)早期的薩塞克斯鄉(xiāng)村，那時還是用馬拉犁。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough.
土粘在犁鏵上，卡住了犁。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Mr. Dambar watched her plough through the grass.