mow
/məʊ/ (bre, ipa) · /məʊ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmau̇/ (ame, mw)
mow — 動詞
- 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
割；修剪
用刀片或機器把草地或農作物割短
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.
Ritu 每週六早上都會在太陽變得太烈之前修剪前院的草坪。
mow + lawn (regular weekend chore)
Kwame's father spent the whole afternoon mowing the wheat field on his old red tractor.
Kwame 的爸爸開著那台舊的紅色拖拉機，花了一整個下午在割麥田。
mow + field (using a machine)
By the time Beatrix finished mowing the back garden, it had started to drizzle.
Beatrix 修剪完後院的時候，外面已經開始下起毛毛雨了。
The grass behind the school needs to be mowed before Friday's football match.
學校後面的那片草地必須在週五的足球比賽之前修剪完成。
Christopher watched his uncle mow a wide strip of hay along the pasture.
Christopher 看著叔叔沿著牧場的邊緣割下一大片乾草。
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 — 名詞
1. a tall heap of dried grass or straw that farmers build outside, often using it l
乾草堆
堆在田裡的乾草或稻草堆
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.
孩子們笑著跳上乾草堆，把鬆散的乾草撒得到處都是。
countable: the mow (single tall heap)
After the harvest, Lakan helped his grandfather build a wide mow at the field's corner.
收成之後，Lakan 幫爺爺在田角堆起一座大大的乾草堆。
build a mow (farm-work collocation)
A heavy storm flattened the mow that the workers had left uncovered overnight.
一場大雨把工人們前晚沒有蓋好的乾草堆給打散了。
An old photograph showed a tall mow standing beside the wooden farmhouse.
一張舊照片裡有一座高高的乾草堆，立在木造農舍旁邊。
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
乾草棚
穀倉內用來存放乾草的高處空間
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.
冬天時，那隻老貓都睡在牛舍上方溫暖的乾草棚裡。
in the mow (location, indoor)
Rin climbed the ladder up to the mow to throw hay down for the horses.
Rin 沿著木梯爬到草料閣樓，把一些乾草丟下去給馬吃。
up to the mow (motion toward loft)
Ignacio stored the extra straw bales in the mow at the back of the barn.
Ignacio 把多出來的稻草捆都收進穀倉最裡面的乾草棚。
A small window in the mow let in light and fresh air all summer.
炎熱的夏天裡，乾草棚的一扇小窗讓陽光和新鮮空氣透進來。
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.