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单词 row
释义 row
I. \ˈrō\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwan; akin to Middle High German rüejen to row, Old Norse rōa, Latin remus oar, Greek eressein to row, eretmon oar, Sanskrit aritra
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to propel a boat by means of oars
  < got into the dinghy and rowed out to the sloop >
 b. : to be a member of a racing crew
  < rowed on the varsity eight >
 c. : to take part in a rowing competition
  < rows against the champions in the annual regatta >
2. archaic : to struggle to advance
 < no one shall find me rowing against the stream … I write for general amusement — Sir Walter Scott >
3. : to move by or as if by the propulsion of oars
 < as the boats rowed in … we could hear groans and lamentations — Kenneth Roberts >
 < pelicans row by on slow, powerful wings — Juana Vogt >
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to propel with or as if with oars
  < row a boat >
 b. : to be equipped with (a specified number of oars)
  < the ceremonial barge rowed 14 oars >
 c.
  (1) : to participate in (a rowing match)
   < row a race >
  (2) : to compete against in a rowing match
   < rows the champion in the regatta >
  (3) : to pull (an oar) in a crew
   < rowed stroke for the class crew >
2. : to transport in or as if in a boat propelled by oars
 < charged a small fee to row us across the river >
 < sailors on shore leave row their girls around the lake in the park >
II. noun
(-s)
: an act or instance of rowing
 < go for a row on the lake >
III. \ˈrəu̇\
chiefly Scotland
variant of raw
IV. \ˈrō\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rawe, rowe, from Old English rāw, ræw; akin to Old High German rīga line, Latin rima slit, fissure, crack, Sanskrit rikhati he scratches, rekhā scratch, line
1.
 a. : a number of objects in a orderly series : string
  < a double row of sodium vapor highway lamps — American Guide Series: Virginia >
 b. : an uninterrupted sequence : succession
  < utter … rows of platitudes — Joyce Cary >
  < won the state tourney for four years in a rowBulletin of Bates College >
 c. : an arbitrary series or arrangement of the twelve-tone chromatic scale used as a basis or organizational device for modern musical compositions
2. archaic : a homogeneous group : category, set
 < an only daughter … who is, at least, approaching the old maid's row — Manasseh Cutler >
3. obsolete : a written line especially metrical
 < the first row of the pious chanson — Shakespeare >
4.
 a. : block I 5c(2)
  < street after street exactly alike, lined with rows — T.F.Hamlin >
 b. : a way for passage : alley, street
  < on Catfish row and down Ramcat Alley — Shelby Foote >
  < two of the island's main arteries, Royal Poinciana Way and Coconut row — Walter Cartwright >
 c. : a street or area dominated by a specific kind of enterprise or occupancy
  < in most cities a separate automobile row has arisen on the edge of the central business district — C.D.Harris & E.L.Ullman >
  < rumors fly along diplomatic row >
  < zigzag from movie house to movie house like a barfly on whiskey row — Nathaniel Bart >
5. : a continuous strip usually running horizontally or parallel to a base line: as
 a. : a line of seats in a theater
  < a pair of seats in the fifth row center >
 b. : a line of cultivated plants
  < hoe between the rows >
 c. : a horizontal line (as of figures) — distinguished from column
  < row totals are added to get the column total >
 d. : a line of stitches across a piece of needlework
  < a row of knitting >
 e.
  (1) : a line of tufts in a carpet
   < there is usually one row of pile tufts for each cycle of back weaving >
  (2) : the average number of tufts per inch in a carpet counted in the direction of the warp

- a row to hoe
V. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to form into or furnish with rows
 < above the … heads of the students rowed before me — Ralph Ellison >
 < a bare room rowed with dusty windows — R.M.Coates >
VI. \ˈrau̇\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1.
 a. : a noisy disturbance : brawl, ruckus
  < a first-class row between a brutal ranger … and an inoffensive citizen — S.E.White >
 b. : a heated argument : quarrel, squabble
  < a terrific row … between husband and wife because the former put a 15¢ stamp too much on a letter — H.J.Laski >
  < during the recent row over atomic-energy legislation their feuding was epic — Alfred Friendly >
2. slang chiefly Britain
 a. : a loud sound : noise, racket
  < would make a beastly row with that instrument — F.M.Ford >
 b. : mouth
  < she give him a big apple to shut his row — Richard Llewellyn >
Synonyms: see brawl
VII. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. archaic : to subject to assault : rough up
2. chiefly Britain : to speak angrily to : berate, scold
 < row ed the driver about the fare — McClure's >
intransitive verb
: to have a quarrel : fight, squabble
 < wrangled and rowed with … other editors — W.A.White >
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