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.
双语例句
1. It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.
它会出钱雇农民开垦这块低矮丛林来种植麦子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. This is early-20th-century rural Sussex, when horses still pulled the plough.
这是20世纪早期的萨塞克斯乡村，那时还是用马拉犁。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough.
土粘在犁铧上，卡住了犁。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Mr. Dambar watched her plough through the grass.