| 单词 | hoe |
| 释义 | hoe (once / 1326 pages) nv A hoe is a gardening tool made up of a long handle with a sharp metal blade at the end, used to stab the ground and loosen it. Hoe can be a noun or a verb, so you can use your hoe to remove weeds from a lawn, or you can hoe your garden and make it ready to plant. The word shares the same root as hew, which is a verb that means "to strike, chop, or cut." The “oe” seems tricky, but remember that it never changes, and even if you’re hoeing with three hoes in grass you hoed yesterday, the hoe stays the same. WORD FAMILYhoe: hoed, hoeing, hoes, hoing USAGE EXAMPLESThe guy working with a hoe and oxen is still struggling, and will stay struggling. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) The very same gender he claims not to buy into was swiftly weaponised, though, when he began referring to women as “hoes”. The Guardian(Dec 13, 2016) It depicts an Uzbek peasant with a hoe who is asking for a job from the leader. BBC(Dec 03, 2016) 1n a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle Hypo|Hyper Dutch hoe, scuffle, scuffle hoe a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation 2v dig with a hoe He is hoeing the flower beds Hyper till work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation |
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