sow
英[s??]
美[so]
- vt. 播種；散布；使密布
- vi. 播種
- n. 母豬
- n. (Sow)人名；(幾、馬里、乍、毛里塔、塞內)索烏
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?sows;過去式:?sowed;過去分詞:?sown;? sowed;現在分詞:?sowing;
助記提示
1. seed => sow.
2. swine => sow.
3. 諧音“撒”。
4. 諧音“收”-----收獲------要收獲，先播種。
5. 音：騷，指母豬發情，母豬要播種.
中文詞源
sow 播種，散布
來自古英語 sawan,播種，播撒，授精，來自 Proto-Germanic*sean,播種，來自 PIE*se,播種， 詞源同 seed,semen,season.
sow 母豬來自中古英語 sowe,來自古英語 sugu,母豬，來自 Proto-Germanic*sugo,豬，來自 PIE*su,豬， 可能為擬聲詞，模仿豬的哼哼聲，詞源同 swine.
英文詞源
- sow
- sow: English has two words sow, both of which go back to the Old English period. The verb, ‘put seeds in the ground’, comes from a prehistoric Germanic *s?jan, which also produced German s?en, Dutch zaaien, Swedish s?, and Danish saa. It was formed from the base *s?- (source of English seed), which goes back ultimately to Indo-European *sē- (source of English season, semen, etc). Sow ‘female pig’ is descended from an Indo-European base *su- (possibly imitative of the noise made by a pig), which also produced Greek hus ‘pig’ (whose feminine form húaina is the source of English hyena [16]), Latin sūs ‘pig’, German sau ‘sow’, and English swine.
=> season, seed, semen; hyena, swine - sow (v.)
- Old English sawan "to scatter seed upon the ground or plant it in the earth, disseminate" (class VII strong verb; past tense seow, past participle sawen), from Proto-Germanic *sean (cognates: Old Norse sa, Old Saxon saian, Middle Dutch sayen, Dutch zaaien, Old High German sawen, German s?en, Gothic saian), from PIE root *se- (1) "to sow" (cognates: Latin sero, past tense sevi, past participle satum "to sow;" Old Church Slavonic sejo, sejati; Lithuanian seju, seti "to sow"), source of semen, season (n.), seed (n.), etc. Figurative sense was in Old English.
- sow (n.)
- Old English sugu, su "female of the swine," from Proto-Germanic *su- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German su, German Sau, Dutch zeug, Old Norse syr), from PIE root *su- (cognates: Sanskrit sukarah "wild boar, swine;" Avestan hu "wild boar;" Greek hys "swine;" Latin sus "swine," swinus "pertaining to swine;" Old Church Slavonic svinija "swine;" Lettish sivens "young pig;" Welsh hucc, Irish suig "swine; Old Irish socc "snout, plowshare"), possibly imitative of pig noise, a notion reinforced by the fact that Sanskrit sukharah means "maker of (the sound) 'su.' " Related to swine. As a term of abuse for a woman, attested from c. 1500. Sow-bug "hog louse" is from 1750.
雙語例句
- 1. Sow the seeds in drills about 1/2in. deep and 12in. apart.
- 在深約0.5英寸，間隔12英寸的條播溝里播種。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Sow the seed in a warm place in February/March.
- 2月或3月里把種子播種在溫暖的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The kids need to sow a few wild oats.
- 這些小伙子需要放縱一下。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The piglets are taken from the sow to be fattened for market.
- 這些小豬被從母豬身邊帶走，好育肥上市。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Sow the seeds in rows.
- 一壟一壟地播種。
來自《權威詞典》