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单词

sow

读音
soʊ; saʊ
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词根

"Sow"的词根来自于古英语的"sawan",意思是“播种”,其在许多日耳曼语言中都有类似的词根存在,如德语中的"saen"和荷兰语的"zaaien"。和"sow"有相同词根的还有"seed"(种子)、"season"(季节)等。

释义

vt. 播种;散布;使密布 vi. 播种 n. 母猪 n. (Sow)人名;(几、马里、乍、毛里塔、塞内)索乌 [ 复数 sows 第三人称单数 sows 现在分词 sowing 过去式 sowed 过去分词 sown或sowed ]

例句

The piglets are taken from the sow to be fattened for market.
这些小猪被从母猪身边带走,好育肥上市。
Help us to know how to sow our tears.
帮助我们知道如何播种我们的眼泪。
Are they weeping in sorrow as they sow?
他们是否在播种时悲伤哭泣呢?

强化记忆

"sow"和"sew"在发音上非常接近,这也是很多英语学习者容易混淆的地方。你可以这样区分:sow(播种)和 seed(种子)都有"s"开头,而 sew(缝纫)和 needle(针)都是"e"的声音。"Sow"一词起源于公元前1000年的古英语,反映了当时以农业为主的生活方式和社会经济结构。同时,"sow"作为动词,也常常用于比喻,如"sow discord"(播下纠纷)等。

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because now it's a case of a coordinated campaignto sow discord.And for those of you who'd like to think
dream of the afterlife,sow seeds for later harvest.Some scientists call this superpower that we have "mental time travel,"
right now, people are using your tools exactly as they were designedto sow hatred, division and distrust,and you're not just allowing it, you are enabling it.
All of which was fake --misinformation designed to sow discord in the US presidential election.A recent study by Oxford University
and collect 200,000 dollars."And this, of course, is a weapon designed to sow discord,and to elicit in Taiwan's voters a kind of distaste for Hong Kong.
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