a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or by animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, especially to prepare for the planting of seeds
犁。
[mass noun]land where the earth has been turned using such an implement
犁过的地，耕地
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she saw a brown strip of plough .她看见一片棕色的耕地。
〈主北美〉 雪犁，扫雪机。
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北斗七星，北斗星。亦称
turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing
（尤指在播种前）翻犁
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the fields had all been ploughed up 地已全部翻过了
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[as adj.
ploughed ]a ploughed field .已翻犁过的地。
cut (a furrow or line) with or as if with a plough
（用或仿佛用犁）划出（沟或线）
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icebergs have ploughed furrows on the seabed .冰山在海底上划出一道道沟。
(of a ship or boat)travel through (an area of water)
（轮船，木船）穿过（水域），破浪前进
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cruise liners plough the long-sailed routes .游轮在长期航行的路线上乘风破浪前进。
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（用犁）挖出
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some day someone will plough up the bomb and lose a leg .总有一天有人会挖出那颗炸弹并失去一条腿。
[no obj., with adverbial of direction](especially of a vehicle)move in a fast and uncontrolled manner
（尤指车辆）猛撞
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the car ploughed into the side of a van .那辆小汽车猛然撞上了货车的侧面。
advance or progress laboriously or forcibly
奋勇前进，奋力前行，努力向前
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they ploughed their way through deep snow 他们奋力穿过深深的积雪
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the students are ploughing through a set of grammar exercises .学生们在努力做一套语法练习题。
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（不顾困难或要求停止的警告而）继续坚持
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he ploughed on, trying to outline his plans .他不顾一切继续讲下去，试图简要地说明他的计划。
〈主北美〉 （用扫雪机）从（道路）清除积雪。
〈英， 非正式，旧〉 （考试）不及格。
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plough a lonely （或one's own ）furrow follow a course of action in which one is isolated or in which one can act independently 孤独无援地行动；独立地行动 -
put （或set ）one's hand to the plough embark on a task 着手做，开始做 -
［ORIGIN with biblical allusion to Luke 9 62．］
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plough something in／back plough grass or other material into the soil to enrich it 把（草或其他材料）犁入土中做肥料 -
invest money in a business or reinvest profits in the enterprise producing them 投资；（把利润）再投资
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