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Sow Seeds Sowed Sown Saʊ Noun Sth Wild

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sow
  • 1. VERB USES 动词用法
  • 2. NOUN USE 名词用法
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Oxford sow 2 / saʊ ; NAmE saʊ / noun a female pig 母猪 compare
boar
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hog
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sow sows sowed sowing sown
sow / saʊ ; NAmE saʊ /
sow 1 / səʊ ; NAmE soʊ / verb see also
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( sowed , sown / səʊn ; NAmE soʊn / or sowed , sowed )
1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] to plant or spread seeds in or on the ground 播种;种 sow(sth) Sow the seeds in rows. 一垄一垄地播种。 Water well after sowing. 播种后要浇足水。 sowsth with sth The fields around had been sown with wheat. 近处的地里种上了小麦。 collocationsat
farming
2 [transitive ] sowsth (in sth) to introduce or spread feelings or ideas, especially ones that cause trouble 灌输;激起;散布;煽动 to sow doubt in sb's mind 使某人心怀疑虑 to sow confusion 制造混乱 IDIOMS sow the seeds of sth to start the process that leads to a particular situation or result 成为…的肇端;播下…的种子 sow (your) wild ˈoats (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 more at
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sow sows sowed sowing sown
sow / səʊ ; NAmE soʊ / sown / səʊn ; NAmE soʊn /
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sow1 verb
sow2 noun
sowsow1 /səʊ $ soʊ/ ●●○ verb (past tense sowed, past participle sown /səʊn $ soʊn/ or sowed)
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1[intransitive, transitive] to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground:  Sow the seeds in late March.sow something with something These fields used to be sown with oats.2[transitive] to do something that will cause a bad situation in the future:  repressive laws that are sowing the seeds of future conflictssow doubt/confusion/dissatisfaction etc an attempt to sow doubt among the jury members3 sow your wild oats if a man sows his wild oats, he has sex with many different women, especially when he is youngsower noun [countable]
sow1 verb
sow2 noun
sowsow2 /saʊ/ noun [countable]
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a fully grown female pigboar
WDF

sow

[səʊ]sowed, sown, sowing, sows

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sowed[372] sowing[594] sown[654] sows[261]
播种(48%),母猪(44%),散布(8%)
n.母猪
vt.播种;散布;使密布
vi.播种
n.(Sow)人名;(几、马里、乍、毛里塔、塞内)索乌

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