/plaʊ ||; plaυ/
(US 美 plow) noun [C] a large farm tool which is pulled by a TRACTORor by an animal. A plough turns the soil over ready for seeds to be planted. 犁
☞Look at snowplough. 参看snowplough。
ploughverb [I,T] (figurative 比喻)
The book was long and boring but I managed to plough through it (= read it with difficulty).这本书又长又乏味,但我还是费力看完了。
plough1/plaU; plaʊ/BrE 【英】; plow AmE 【美】n [C] a large piece of farm equipment used to turn over the earth so that seeds can be planted 犁
plough2BrE 【英】; plow AmE 【美】v 1 [I,T] to turn over the earth using a plough so that seeds can be planted 犁(地)﹐耕(地): newly ploughed fields 刚犁过的地2 [I] to hit or move through something with a lot of force 猛撞﹔奋力穿过: +into/through etc A truck ploughed into the back of my car. 一辆卡车猛地撞上了我的汽车尾部。plough sth back phr v to use money that you have earned from a business to make the business bigger and more successful 将〔赚来的钱〕再投资: +into We ploughed the profits back into the business. 我们把赢利再投资到生意里。plough on phr v to continue doing something, even though it is difficult or boring 继续做〔困难或枯燥的事情〕plough through sthphr v to read all of something even though it is difficult or boring 费力地读完see box at见 READ1 方框
ploughploughploughsploughedploughing (British) (Americanplow)nouna large farm tool that is pulled across a field to dig the soil▶ ploughverb: The farmer ploughed his fields.