sow

[US]/səʊ/
[UK]/soʊ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. 播种,播种于
Word Forms
第三人称单数sows
现在分词sowing
复数sows
过去式sowed
过去分词sown

Phrases & Collocations

sow seeds

播种

sow discord

制造不和

sow confusion

造成混乱

sow doubt

散布怀疑

sow chaos

制造混乱

Example Sentences

sow a field with wheat

在田里播种小麦

sowing in narrow strips

畦播

sow seeds in the field

在田里播种

sow rumors and dissension.

散布谣言与不和

It is too soon to sow yet.

现在还不到播种的时候。

When will the sow farrow?

这头母猪何时产小猪?

sow the plants in early September.

9月初种下这种植物。

sow the seed in the spring

春播

sow the seed in the ground

播种下地

sow the seeds of distrust

[喻]散布猜疑的种子

a plant that self-sows readily.

易于自然播种的植物

"As you sow, so will you reap."

"种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。"

sows should be unconfined at farrowing.

母猪产仔期不应当关圈。

As a man sows, so he shall reap.

种瓜得瓜, 种豆得豆。

The spring-sowing season has set in.

春耕季节到来了。

a young sow that has not farrowed

未下过猪仔的小母猪

The problem is that he never sowed his wild oats before he got married, and he wants to sow them now.

问题是他结婚前从没有放荡过,可是现在倒想了。

Remember: the one who sows meagerly will reap meagerly, and there shall be generous harvests for the one who sows generously.

大量播种的,也要大量收获。

The government’s repressive policies are sowing the seeds of rebellion.

政府的镇压政策正在播下叛乱的种子。

Real-world Examples

Some farmers are injecting pregnant sows to cause abortions.

一些养殖户已经开始给怀孕母猪注射疫苗使其流产。

Source: New York Times

They might have to reap what they sow.

他们可能要自食其果(reap what they sow)。

Source: VOA Special August 2019 Collection

Those fools would never catch the sow.

那些笨蛋是抓不到母猪的。

Source: Gone with the Wind

The farmer sowed the field with wheat.

那农民把小麦种在田里。

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

Then they're gonna reap what they sow.

我让叫他们自食其果。

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

Her reforms, it is said, sowed the seeds of the recent economic crisis.

有人认为,她的改革给近年来的经济危机买下了种子。

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

They reached the little field where they were to sow.

他们来到了要播种的那一小块地里。

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

For example, we often say that 'you reap what you sow'.

例如,我们经常说‘you reap what you sow’。

Source: Yilin Edition Oxford High School English (Elective 9)

The ground must have been ploughed, and sowed, and harrowed, and reaped.

首先得犁地,再播种,还要耙地,最后才能收获。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 3

Former British Foreign Secretary William Hague warned that a British exit could sow wider division.

英国前外交部秘书长威廉·黑格在一段演讲中警告说,英国退出欧盟可能会埋下更多分裂危机的种子。

Source: VOA Standard Speed Compilation June 2016

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