| 单词 | plough furrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplough furrow plough furrow n. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > proceed or carry on an action [verb (intransitive)] workeOE doOE proceedc1390 movec1400 precedec1425 deal1470 plough furrow1597 walka1653 process1835 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xii. P4v And plows ech place, which one plow-furrow wants. 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. ii. 68 Husbandmens watering is by Running Plough-furrowes (and trenches where needful).., so as the water may gently sweem over the whole. 1797 J. Anderson Ess. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 268 They [sc. drains] should not be..filled with brush-wood, or other porous matter, through which the water can be permitted to sink easily, as to reach the plough-furrows. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 490 Deeper than the plough-furrow. 1925 W. Cather Professor's House ii. ii. 193 I noticed a number of straight mounds, like plough furrows, running from the river inland. 2002 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 12 Nov. 2 When he returned later he discovered some of the land had collapsed into one of the many underground chambers. He could still see the plough furrows in the pit 20 metres below! < as lemmas |
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