ploughing
present participle ofplough
| 单词 | ploughing |
| 释义 | ploughing present participle ofplough plough verb[IorT] UK(USplow)uk/plaʊ/us/plaʊ/todiglandwith a plough: Farmersstartploughing in thespring. We're going to plough thetopfieldnextweek. Largeareasofgrazinglandhave been plougheduptogrowwheat. Digging
Phrasal verbsploughsomethingback/in ploughsomethingback plough intosomething/someone ploughsomethingintosomething plough on plough throughsomething Examplesofploughingploughing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The high frequency ofploughinghad a considerable impact on the fertility of the land and on yields in general. From theCambridge English Corpus They needed resettlement in advance of theploughingseason. From theCambridge English Corpus Noploughingor sowing is possible there, because the air and the earth are burnt. From theCambridge English Corpus Losses of nitrate-nitrogen in water draining from under autumn-sown crops established by direct drilling or mouldboardploughing. From theCambridge English Corpus It is therefore unlikely that the occupation phases were separated by periods ofploughingand cultivation. From theCambridge English Corpus This means that a male labourer had to work 19 days to repay the costs relating to theploughingof one hectare. From theCambridge English Corpus While the use of animal power forploughingmay be noted, the hiring out of donkeys or ox carts for general transport is not. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, some, such as depth ofploughing, may require large plots to be meaningful. From theCambridge English Corpus Three to four ploughings, including one harrowing, is practised for wheat. From theCambridge English Corpus Technical constraints include insucient farm size, lack of a medic phase in every year, deepploughing, overgrazing and uncontrolled grazing. From theCambridge English Corpus The trials were sown within 1 day ofploughing. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, tractorploughingis more difficult during the dry season, when the soils are quite dry. From theCambridge English Corpus The same occurred in the case ofploughingand harvesting. From theCambridge English Corpus In the following years, there was noploughingof the garlic plots. From theCambridge English Corpus This may be a harvest, but it is also aploughingand a sowing, which will yield its own crop in due time. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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