sow¹[səu]

• vt.
  • 播种；播种于(土地)；播下…的种子：

    to sow a crop

    播种作物

  • 播散：

    I have sown the millet in this plot.

    我在这块土地上已播了谷子。

  • 植入，埋种；使布满：

    A dragonfly sows its eggs while skimming the surface of the water.

    蜻蜓总是在水面上撒卵。

  • 植入，埋种；使布满：

    The grass was sown in the stadium.

    草皮已植在了体育场里。

    to sow mines on the hill

    山坡上已布满了地雷

  • 散播，散布，传播；煽动：

    to sow distrust

    散布怀疑情绪

    You won't sow dissension between us.

    你别想挑拨我们之间的关系。

• vi.
  • 播种：

    It is the time for sowing.

    该播种了。

    The grain has swon.

    谷子已种上了。

  • 开创事业；推动发展：

    Sowing is hard work.

    开创事业是项艰苦的工作。

• 短语:
  • As a man sows, so he shall reap. 见 reap
  • reap as (或 what) one has sown 见 reap
  • reap where one has not sown 见 reap
  • sow one's wild oats 见 wild oats
  • You must reap what you have sown. 见 reap
• 变形:

  vt.sowed.sown或 sowed.sowing

sow²[sau]

• n.
  • 老母猪
  • 雌性动物
  • 懒惰(或邋遢)的肥胖女人
  • 【冶金学】
    • 沟(积)铁
    • 铁水沟
    • 沟铁冷却槽
  • [方言]=sow bug
  • 可拆卸工作棚
• 短语:
  • a sow to a fiddle [谚语]一窍不通
  • a still sow 狡猾自私的人
  • as drunk as a sow 烂醉如泥
  • get sowed up 喝醉
  • get the wrong sow by the ear 弄错了人；得出错误结论
  • grease the fat sow 重金贿赂富人；越肥越添膘
  • send a sow to Minerva 班门弄斧
  • something of a cow's ear 蹩脚货，无价值之物
  • The still sow eats the wash (或 draff). [谚语]不声不响者获实利。
  • You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 见 purse