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单词 snowplough
释义
snowplough
noun
UK(USsnowplow)
uk
/ˈsnəʊ.plaʊ/us
/ˈsnoʊ.plaʊ/

snowploughnoun(VEHICLE)

[C]
avehicleordeviceforremovingsnowfromroadsorrailways:
扫雪机，除雪机
Hundreds ofgrittinglorriesand snowploughs are onstandby.
Thetrackiskeptclearby alorrywith a snowploughboltedtoitsbumper.
picture of snowplough
Stephen Oliver/Dorling KINDERSLEY/GettyImages
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Trucks, vans & caravans
  • a fifth/third wheelidiom
  • armoured car
  • bakkie
  • bin lorry
  • bowser
  • breakdown truck
  • caravan
  • dumper
  • float
  • horse trailer
  • JCB
  • lorry
  • milk truck
  • tender
  • tractor-trailer
  • trucking
  • utility truck
  • utility vehicle
  • UTV
  • Winnebago
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snowploughnoun(SKIING)

[Cusually singular]
inskiing, asimpleway ofturningorstoppingin which thepointsof theskisareturnedtowards each other:
（滑雪中的）犁式制动
I just couldn't get thehangof the snowplough andendedupfacedown in thesnow.
Taking to theslopes, shelearnedhow to do a snowploughturn.
picture of snowplough
Brian Summers/First Light/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Winter sports
  • airboard
  • airboarder
  • airboarding
  • Alpine skiing
  • après-ski
  • biathlon
  • grooming machine
  • ice rink
  • ice skater
  • ice skating
  • luge
  • mush
  • skating rink
  • skier
  • skiing
  • slalom
  • sledge
  • sleigh
  • snow groomer
  • snowblade
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snowplough
verb
uk/ˈsnəʊ.plaʊ/us/ˈsnoʊ.plaʊ/

snowploughverb(SKIING)

[IorT]
inskiing, toturnorstopwith thepointsof theskisturnedtowards each other:
We hadpractised,endlessly, snowploughing tocontrolourspeed.
I wasamazedtoseemydaughtersnowploughing her way through asortofobstaclecourse.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Winter sports
  • airboard
  • airboarder
  • airboarding
  • Alpine skiing
  • après-ski
  • biathlon
  • grooming machine
  • ice rink
  • ice skater
  • ice skating
  • luge
  • mush
  • skating rink
  • skier
  • skiing
  • slalom
  • sledge
  • sleigh
  • snow groomer
  • snowblade
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snowploughverb(REMOVE PROBLEMS)

[T]
toremoveordealwithproblemsfor achild, so they never have to do anythingdifficultor neverfail, and do notlearnhow to do things for themselves:
Are you snowploughingyourkid?
By snowploughing alloppositionand doing everything for them, they may berobbingtheirchildrenofconfidenceandself-reliance.
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Parenting & caring for children
  • adopt
  • adoptable
  • adopted
  • adoptee
  • adoption
  • caretaking
  • child-rearing
  • childless
  • childlessness
  • childmind
  • lawnmower parent
  • looked-after
  • mothering
  • nanny
  • non-custodial
  • stay-at-home
  • swaddle
  • unadoptable
  • unadopted
  • upbringing
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snowplough
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈsnəʊ.plaʊ/us/ˈsnoʊ.plaʊ/
used to refer to aparentwhoremovesordealswithproblemsfor achild, so they never have to do anythingdifficultor neverfail, and do notlearnhow to do things for themselves:
Having a snowploughparentis not good for achildin thelongrun.
Snowploughmothersandfathersarecriticizedforclearingeverydifficultyfromtheirchild’spath.
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Parenting & caring for children
  • adopt
  • adoptable
  • adopted
  • adoptee
  • adoption
  • caretaking
  • child-rearing
  • childless
  • childlessness
  • childmind
  • lawnmower parent
  • looked-after
  • mothering
  • nanny
  • non-custodial
  • stay-at-home
  • swaddle
  • unadoptable
  • unadopted
  • upbringing
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(Definition ofsnowploughfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
snowplough
noun
UK(USsnowplow)
uk
/ˈsnəʊ.plaʊ/us
/ˈsnoʊ.plaʊ/

snowploughnoun(VEHICLE)

[C]
avehicleordeviceforremovingsnowfromroadsorrailways
扫雪机，除雪机

snowploughnoun(SKIING)

[Cusually singular]
inskiing, asimpleway ofturningorstoppingin which thepointsof theskisareturnedtowards each other
（滑雪中的）犁式制动

Examplesofsnowplough

snowplough
A strong azimuthal field induced by a wall-concentrated discharge current compresses plasma inwards much like asnowplougheffect.
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The 414 small snowploughs are for attachment to the local authorities' prime movers in due course.
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About 283 snowploughs and 23 snow blowers are dedicated to winter maintenance on 1,600 miles of motorway.
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Additional expenditure was also incurred on snowploughing and salting during the recent severe winter.
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A substantial number of snowploughs are available.
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Skiers sometimes have difficulty with thesnowploughtechnique.
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At the same time two works cars were obtained; they were no. 1, a water sprinkler and line clearer, and no. 2, asnowplough.
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Railroad equipment includes locomotives, a sleeper car, passenger coach, freight equipment, cabooses, freight cars and asnowplough.
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The most basic form of stemming is thesnowploughturn taught to first-time skiers.
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Many ski schools graduate advancing students directly from thesnowploughto the carving turn.
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The engines andsnowploughreversed back along the line and then charged.
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The first train crossed in autumn 1922 and materials from this cargo were used to make a permanentsnowplough.
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Downhill classic skiing involves using thesnowplough, whereby the skis are turned inwards with the tips nearly together to create drag and thus reduce descent speed.
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As the skier gains confidence and can increase their speed, the angle of thesnowploughis reduced until it devolves into the skis lying parallel to each other.
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