单词 | harrow |
释义 | harrow From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Tools Agricultureharrowhar‧row /ˈhærəʊ $ -roʊ/ noun [countable]TAa farming machine with sharp metal blades, used to break up the earth before planting crops → plough —harrow verb [intransitive, transitive]Examples from the Corpusharrow• I drank at stone, at iron of plough and harrow.• Hundreds of parishioners were working with bare hands, shovels and harrows, extending the church by burrowing out a crypt.• Disc harrows consisting of gangs of concave steel discs are dragged at an angle to the line of draught.• You can pick out a furrow after the harrow has gone over it.• The lane between Somersby and Harrington is very harrow and, in summertime, shaded by dark green foliage.HarrowHarrowa famous British public school (=expensive private school) for boys, in northwest London. Men who have been educated at Harrow are known as Old Harrovians. → compare EtonOrigin harrow (1100-1200) Old Norse herfi |
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