| 单词 | mow |
| 释义 | Related topics: Gardeningmow /məʊ $ moʊ/ verb (past tense mowed, past participle mown or mowed /məʊn $ moʊn/) [intransitive, transitive] 1 TADLGto cut grass using a machine 割，刈（草） It’s time to mow the lawn again. 又该修剪草坪了。► see thesaurus at cut2. new-mown hay/grass etc TADLGrecently cut grass etc 新割的牧草/草等3 mow somebody ↔ down phrasal verb informal a) PMKILLto kill large numbers of people at the same time, especially by shooting them 大量杀死〔尤指射杀〕，扫杀 The soldiers were mown down by machine-gun fire. 士兵们被机枪扫倒。b) to kill someone by driving into them fast 开车撞死 He was sentenced to two years in prison for mowing down a nine-year old girl. 他因撞死一名九岁女孩而被判处两年徒刑。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmow• Use your pistol to dispense with individual guards or your machine gun to mow down a line of enemies.• That night an army of street-cleaning machines invades Ninth Avenue from the north, mowing down anything in their paths.• Why would you not be afraid to mow the field?• If a moon show a silver shield, Be not afraid to mow the field.• The boy next door mows the lawn for us.• Are they coming to mow the lawn or to liberate the hostages with rakes, clippers and blowers?• It took me two hours to mow the lawn.• No, she got pissed when he was mowing the lawn.• How often do you mow the tundra?• I threw myself into the mowing, weeding, pruning, planting, cultivating as only a beginner can.mow ... lawn• He had jobs on the Cape, mowing lawns, doing gardening work, staying with friends of ours.Origin mow Old English mawanmow verbChinese grass using machine cut a Corpus to |
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