a long narrow cut in the ground, especially one made by a plough for planting seeds in 犁沟;沟;车辙 dark ploughed earth, with white chalk in the furrows 深色犁过的土地,犁沟里有白色粉笔 Truck wheels had dug furrows in the track. 卡车车轮在轨道上挖了沟。 Water lay in the furrows of the ploughed fields. 在耕过的田野上,一道道犁沟积满了水。
a deep line in the skin of the face (脸上的)皱纹 Suddenly he looked tired and there were deep furrows in his brow. 突然,他看起来很累,额头上有深深的皱纹。
Word OriginOld English furh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voor and German Furche, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin porca ‘ridge between furrows’.
Idioms
plough a lonely, your own, etc., furrow
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to do things that other people do not do, or be interested in things that other people are not interested in 自耕孤畴(指自行其是或自得其乐)