ploughman
ploughman — noun
- ploughmansingular
- ploughmenplural
1. A man who worked on a farm before modern machinery, walking behind a plough that
A man who worked on a farm before modern machinery, walking behind a plough that was pulled across fields by a horse or ox to turn the soil.
The old photograph shows Meera's great-grandfather working as a ploughman on a farm in Yorkshire.
collocation: work as a ploughman
Asher saw the wooden plough that the last local ploughman had used in 1950.
passive relative clause: that the ... ploughman had used
Nala read about a ploughman who walked behind his horse from dawn to dusk.
Valentina learned at school that a ploughman's work was hard and lasted all day.
- farmer
Much broader meaning; a farmer owns or manages a farm, whereas a ploughman was a hired labourer who worked specifically with the plough.
- field hand
General term for a farm labourer; less specific to ploughing and more common in American English.
文法句型
a/an + ploughman
the + ploughman
用法筆記
This word is considered old-fashioned today, as tractors have replaced horse-drawn ploughs in most parts of the world. In modern British English, 'ploughman' survives mainly in the compound 'ploughman's lunch' (a cold meal of bread, cheese, and pickle served in pubs).