sow1
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they sow | |
| he / she / it sows | |
| past simple sowed | |
| past participle sown | |
| past participle sowed | |
| -ing form sowing |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to plant or spread seeds in or on the ground 播种；种 - sow (something)
Sow the seeds in rows. 一垄一垄地播种。 Sow the seeds quite thinly. 把种子撒播得稀疏一些。 Water well after sowing. 播种后要浇足水。 Sow rows of lettuces between other vegetables. 在其他蔬菜之间播种成排的莴苣。 - sow something with something
The fields around had been sown with wheat. 周围的地里种上了小麦。 We’ve sown that field with wheat. 我们已经把那块地种上了小麦。
Homophones sew | so | sowsew so sow- sew verb
You should sew that hole up before it gets any bigger. 你应该在洞变大之前把它缝好。
- so adverb
It is unsurprising that the Beatles were so successful. 甲壳虫乐队如此成功并不奇怪。
- sow verb
Why would farmers want to sow GM seeds? 为什么农民想要播种转基因种子？
Collocations FarmingTopics Farmingc2, Gardensc2Farming 农场经营 Growing food and raising animals 种植粮食和饲养动物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
给…施撒粪肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
损害／毁坏／损失农作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
Modern farming 现代农场经营 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
资助／投资基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加粮食产量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／减少农业补贴 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- thinly
- with
- sow (something)
- [transitive] sow something (in something)
to introduce or spread feelings or ideas, especially ones that cause trouble 灌输；激起；散布；煽动 to sow doubt in somebody’s mind 使某人心怀疑虑 to sow confusion 制造混乱
Word OriginOld English sāwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaaien and German säen.
Idioms
sow the seeds of something
to start the process that leads to a particular situation or result 成为…的肇端；播下…的种子 In this way he sowed the seeds of his own success. 他就这样播下了自己成功的种子。
sow (your) wild oats
(of young men 青年男子 to go through a period of wild behaviour while young, especially having a lot of romantic or sexual relationships 过放荡不羁的生活 He wants to leave home, sow his wild oats and learn about life. 他想离开家，播种他的野燕麦，了解生活。
you reap what you sow
- (saying)
you have to deal with the bad effects or results of something that you originally started 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆