plow的意思|plow的解释-里氏词典

Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plowed}
(ploud) or {Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plowing} or
{Ploughing}.]
1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till
with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow
a field.

2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run
through, as in sailing.

Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up
With her prepared nails. --Shak.

With speed we plow the watery way. --Pope.

3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a
book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5.

4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge
of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive
the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a
tongue, etc.

{To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.

{To plow up}, to turn out of the ground by plowing.

Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS.
pl[=o]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh,
Icel. pl[=o]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug',
Lith. plugas.]
1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or
other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for
bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil
for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining
plow.

Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
--Dryden.

2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.

3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]

Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
--Tale of
Gamelyn.

4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.

5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the
edges of books.

6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}.

{Ice plow}, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds,
etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.]

{Mackerel plow}. See under {Mackerel}.

{Plow alms}, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the
church. --Cowell.

{Plow beam}, that part of the frame of a plow to which the
draught is applied. See {Beam}, n., 9.

{Plow Monday}, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of
Christmas holidays.

{Plow staff}.
(a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning
the plowshare; a paddle staff.
(b) A plow handle.

{Snow plow}, a structure, usually [Lambda]-shaped, for
removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or
driven by a horse or a locomotive.

Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), v. i.
To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the
soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.
--Shak.

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? --Isa. xxviii.
24.

"They've got two eyes and a nose and a mouth just like me. These boys have just gone wrong." _ Elizabeth Burke, 85, a resident of Agawam, Mass., speaking about jail inmates who plow and fertilize garden plots for senior citizens.
With a four-year-old daughter to support on her own, she took the job with a definite objective in mind: to use her good looks to make big bucks that she would then plow into the market.
Though the judges can't suppress snickers as they plow through the heaps of manila envelopes and cardboard cartons, they are generally charitable.
Chop 'em, burn 'em or plow them under, but get rid of them before the next westerly wind starts to blow.
Thomas Jefferson made improvements to the plow.
The pilots' union has retained the accounting firm of Touche, Ross & Co. to plow through Texas Air's financial reports.
Perhaps most important, Boeing is continuing to plow back money into its operations.
Hanover-based Continental, expected to plow fresh investments into the Barum venture, said it is still undecided whether the cooperation will be in the form of a joint venture or a straight equity stake in Barum.
Deposit insurance allows high-flying deposit institutions to attract massive amounts of funds that they then plow into risky investments.
In 1991, however, the return of small investors to junk funds led managers to plow the cash into new issues, driving up demand.
He wanted to help fellow ranchers and volunteer firefighters from 100 miles around plow and bulldoze fire lines.
For 40 years he used his grandfather's plow to work the land.
But the $40 billion of accumulated losses at insolvent S&Ls would plow under both funds.
For years, Ocampo's economy appeared to run as miraculously as that plow.
"The economy is continuing to plow ahead," said Robert Dederick, chief economist at Northern Trust Co. in Chicago.
Farmers have dispatched tractors and bullock teams to plow their dusty brown fields so they can begin sowing the summer crop.
As foreign producers bring new land under the plow, U.S. land in production continues to dwindle, with a land mass the size of Colorado lying idle this year.
Despite what was a vibrant economy, California has seen its AFDC caseload plow ahead with the momentum of a runaway train.
"As Third World nations like Brazil continue to burn, harvest and plow under the forests for short-term human and corporate gain, the Earth faces increasing danger from global greenhouse warming and desertification," it said.
When the price of oil goes up, it affects the cost of fuel to plow a farmer's wheat field, to heat a baker's oven and to cool the corner grocery.
Milwaukee spent $4 million to plow and salt 1,400 miles of road in 1988, compared with $2 million in 1984, even though the city received 13 more inches of snow in 1984 than 1988, Balistrieri said.
In China and Japan, the two-wheeled walking tractor has been modified so that the plow or cultivator can be removed and a two-wheeled trailer with a driver's seat attached, converting it into a utility truck.
It renovated and resold 22 homes in the past three years, trying for a 10-percent profit to plow into the next project.
"My neighbors say it is sacrilege, unpatriotic and everything else," he said. "It was the plow that opened the prairie.
The new regulation is aimed at commercial plowing firms, but Mrozek admitted that it covers anyone, even the neighbor down the block with a plow blade on his Jeep who clears the road as a favor.
In addition, it plans to plow $2.5 billion of cash into much-needed capital spending over the next five years.
One question that is apparently unresolved is whether federal regulators will require the Simon group to plow some of that gain back into Southern California Savings, which must come up with about $45 million to meet certain capital requirements.

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