mow
/məʊ/ (bre, ipa) · /məʊ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmau̇/ (ame, mw)
mow — verb
- mowpresent simple I / you / we / they
- mowshe / she / it
- mowedpast simple
- mownpast participle
- mowing-ing form
1. to use a blade or a wheeled machine to take grass, wheat, or similar slim-stemme
to use a blade or a wheeled machine to take grass, wheat, or similar slim-stemmed plants down to a much shorter length.
Ritu mows the front lawn every Saturday morning before the sun gets too hot.
mow + lawn (regular weekend chore)
Kwame's father spent the whole afternoon mowing the wheat field on his old red tractor.
mow + field (using a machine)
By the time Beatrix finished mowing the back garden, it had started to drizzle.
The grass behind the school needs to be mowed before Friday's football match.
Christopher watched his uncle mow a wide strip of hay along the pasture.
文法句型
mow + [grass / lawn / field]
用法筆記
Object is typically a stretch of grass, hay, wheat, or a similar low-growing crop — not individual plants like flowers or trees. Frequently passive when the lawn or field is the topic.
常見錯誤
mow — noun
1. a tall heap of dried grass or straw that farmers build outside, often using it l
a tall heap of dried grass or straw that farmers build outside, often using it later to feed animals or as bedding.
The children laughed as they jumped onto the mow and sent loose hay flying everywhere.
countable: the mow (single tall heap)
After the harvest, Lakan helped his grandfather build a wide mow at the field's corner.
build a mow (farm-work collocation)
A heavy storm flattened the mow that the workers had left uncovered overnight.
An old photograph showed a tall mow standing beside the wooden farmhouse.
文法句型
a mow of [hay / straw]
用法筆記
Mostly used in rural or older texts; modern speakers usually say 'haystack'. Distinguish from noun sense 2 (the indoor storage area inside a barn) — sense 1 stands outdoors in the open field.
2. the high indoor space inside a barn where farmers keep dried grass or straw for
the high indoor space inside a barn where farmers keep dried grass or straw for the winter, usually reached by a ladder.
The old cat slept in the warm mow above the cow stalls all winter.
in the mow (location, indoor)
Rin climbed the ladder up to the mow to throw hay down for the horses.
up to the mow (motion toward loft)
Ignacio stored the extra straw bales in the mow at the back of the barn.
A small window in the mow let in light and fresh air all summer.
文法句型
in the mow
up in the mow
用法筆記
Distinguish from noun sense 1: sense 2 is an enclosed space inside a barn, often reached by ladder. Sense 1 is the outdoor heap built in the field after a harvest.