/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。 plough verb [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。