mow
英[məʊ]
美[mo]
- n. 草堆；皱眉；谷堆
- vt. 割草；收割庄稼
- vi. 割草；收割庄稼
- n. (Mow)人名；(英)莫
词态变化
第三人称单数: mows;过去式: mowed;过去分词: mowed; mown;现在分词: mowing;
助记提示
1. math, aftermath, mead, meadow => mow.
2. mow => mead, meadow "mowed land".
3. mow => aftermath "grass grows secondly after first mowed".
4. 谐音“茅”----茅草、茅草堆。
5. 谐音“茅”----茅刀----割茅草的刀。
中文词源
mow 割草来自古英语mmawan,割，来自PIE*me,割，割草，割谷，可能是拟声词，词源同meadow.
英文词源
- mow (v.)
- Old English mawan "to mow" (class VII strong verb; past tense meow, past participle mawen), from Proto-Germanic *mæanan (cognates: Middle Low German maeyen, Dutch maaien, Old High German maen, German mähen "to mow," Old English mæd "meadow"), from PIE root *me- (4) "to mow, to cut grass or grain" (cognates: poetic Greek amao, Latin metere "to reap, mow, crop," Italian mietere, Old Irish meithleorai "reapers," Welsh medi). Related: Mowed; mown; mowing.
- mow (n.)
- "stack of hay," Old English muga, muwa "a heap, swath of corn, crowd of people," earlier muha, from Proto-Germanic *mugon (cognates: Old Norse mugr "a heap," mostr "crowd"), of uncertain origin.
双语例句
- 1. He continued to mow the lawn and do other routine chores.
- 他继续剪草坪，并做些其他日常杂务。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. In summer we have to mow the lawn twice a week.
- 夏天我们每周得修剪草坪两次。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. I mow the lawn every week in summer.
- 夏天我每周都要修剪草坪。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The proposed amalgamation of the two institutes has mow fallen through.
- 这两个研究所打算合并的事现在已经落空了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He hired a man to mow the lawn.
- 他雇人割草.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》