plough /plau/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
• (n.) a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
• (v.) move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil

Chinese translation

• n. 犁, 犁过的地
• vi. 用犁耕田, 开路
• vt. 耕, 犁, 开路

Word details

Part of speech

verb / noun

Pronunciation

/plau/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.09 · Super Super Rare

Word forms

ploughing, ploughed, ploughs

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