snowploughing
noun[U]
UK(USsnowplowing)uk/ˈsnəʊ.plaʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈsnoʊ.plaʊ.ɪŋ/snowploughingnoun[U](REMOVING SNOW)
theactivityofremovingsnowfromroadsandrailwaysusingspecialvehicles:
(在公路或铁路上)除雪,扫雪,铲雪Highwaydepartmentsendedupspendingmoremoneyon snowploughing than they hadbudgeted.最终,公路部门花在扫雪上的钱比他们的预算要多。
Orderingcarstostayoffcertainstreetsafter ablizzardreducessnowploughingcosts.暴风雪过后,要求汽车远离某些街道,可以减少铲雪费用。
- Urbanareasareespeciallychallengingfor snowploughing because thesnowploughcreatessnowbanksthatblockdriveways.
- After awinterof snowploughing,engineerswillseehow therampsheldup.
- They own andmaintainalargefleetof snowploughingequipment.
Removing and extracting
- ablate
- abstract
- bowdlerization
- bowdlerize
- bowdlerized
- clear the decksidiom
- drain
- extract
- gougesomethingout
- letsomeonedown
- over-extraction
- pick
- pluck
- pump
- scoop
- scratch
- unboxing
- undrained
- wipesomethingoffsomething
- yank
snowploughingnoun[U](REMOVING CHILD'S PROBLEMS)
(alsosnowplough parenting)
thebehaviourof aparentwhoremovesordealswithproblemsfor achild, so they never have to do anythingdifficultand neverfail, and do notlearnhow to do things for themselves:
铲雪车式育儿,指家长清除孩子通往成功道路上的任何障碍或难题,这样他们就不必遭遇困难和失败,也无从学习自己处事。Snowploughing is the newparentingtrendthat isruiningchildren'slives.铲雪车式育儿这种新型父母关爱方式正在毁掉孩子的生活。
Makeyourkidsdojobsandavoidtheperilsofsnowploughparenting.让你的孩子自己做事,以免你们包办一切惹出铲雪车式育儿的祸害。
- Snowploughing isshovellingallproblemsout of the way beforeyourchildevenhitsthem.
- Thehabitof snowploughing can be hard tobreak.
- What issnowploughparentingand should we beconcernedabout it?
Parenting & caring for children
- adopt
- adoptable
- adopted
- adoptee
- adoption
- caretaking
- child-rearing
- childless
- childlessness
- childmind
- lawnmower parent
- looked-after
- mothering
- nanny
- non-custodial
- swaddle
- unadoptable
- unadopted
- upbringing
- visitation