sow

verb

1. 播种；种
   to plant or spread seeds in or on the ground
   1. Sow the seeds in rows.
      一垄一垄地播种。
   2. The fields around had been sown with wheat.
      周围的地里种上了小麦。
   3. Water well after sowing.
      播种后要浇足水。
2. 灌输；激起；散布；煽动
   to introduce or spread feelings or ideas, especially ones that cause trouble
   1. to sow doubt in sb's mind
      使某人心怀疑虑
   2. to sow confusion
      制造混乱

VERB USES 动词用法

1. VERB 播(种);在…里播(种)
   If you sow seeds or sow an area of land with seeds, you plant the seeds in the ground.
   1. Sow the seed in a warm place in February/March...
      2 月或 3 月里把种子播种在温暖的地方。
   2. Yesterday the field opposite was sown with maize.
      昨天对面的田里播种了玉米。
2. VERB 传播;散布;煽动
   If someone sows an undesirable feeling or situation, they cause it to begin and develop.
   1. He cleverly sowed doubts into the minds of his rivals...
      他巧妙地令对手心生疑窦。
   2. Instead, the session has sowed confusion.
      相反，这次会议却引发了混乱。
3. PHRASE 播下了…的种子;开始了(某一进程)
   If one thing sows the seeds of another, it starts the process which leads eventually to the other thing.
   1. Rich industrialised countries have sown the seeds of global warming.
      富庶的工业国家播下了全球变暖的种子。

NOUN USE 名词用法

1. (成年的)母猪
   A sow is an adult female pig.

1. The simplest way to deal with these hardy annuals is to sow them where they are to flower.
   处理这些一年生耐寒植物最简单的办法是将他们种在能开花的地方。
2. The kids need to sow a few wild oats.
   这些小伙子需要放纵一下。
3. I sow the seed in pots of soil-based compost.
   我把种子种在几盆掺有堆肥的土里。
4. Sow the seed in a warm place in February/ March
   2月或3月里把种子播种在温暖的地方。
5. Yesterday the field opposite was sown with maize.
   昨天对面的田里播种了玉米。
6. He cleverly sowed doubts into the minds of his rivals
   他巧妙地令对手心生疑窦。
7. Instead, the session has sowed confusion.
   相反，这次会议却引发了混乱。
8. Rich industrialised countries have sown the seeds of global warming.
   富庶的工业国家播下了全球变暖的种子。
9. Let's sow our field with spring wheat.
   让我们在田里种春小麦吧。
10. Plant melons and get melons, sow beans and get beans. You didn't work, how can you enjoy the fruit?
    种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆，没有付出劳动，怎么能享受成果？
11. It's time to sow the wheat.
    麦子该下种了。
12. He tried in vain to sow dissension among us.
    他想在我们中间挑拨离间，结果是枉费心机。
13. If I sow criticism, I'm going to reap criticism.
    我种下的是批评，我将收获批评。
14. The sow's about to litter.
    这母猪要下崽儿了。
15. Commonly used cuttage, engraft and layering are progenitive, also can sow.
    常用扦插。嫁接和压条繁殖，也可播种。
16. In the future we can sow fish and plants in the sea and harvest them.
    将来我们可以在海里养鱼和种植物，并且收获它们。
17. It was grain like this that we used to sow and reap and thrash.
    我们曾经播种、收获和打谷的谷子，就正好是这样的粮食。
18. My wife told her I was gonna sow wild oats.
    我妻子告诉她说我去种野生燕麦。
19. The objectives of this experiment were to assess effects of dietary energy on sow reproductive performance and serum parameters.
    研究了饲粮能量水平对母猪繁殖性能和血清参数的影响。
20. We sow the corn, and our own board is empty.
    我们种了谷子。我们的饭桌却是空的。
21. If you want to get a sure crop, and a big yield, sow wild oats.
    如果你想得到确实的收成和大产量的话，就播些野生的燕麦吧。
22. If you sow the seeds for our struggle.
    如果你能为我们的斗争播下种子。
23. Sow a thought and you reap an action;
    播种一个思想，收获一个行动；
24. Sow a seed and the earth in freezing the bud.
    一粒种子播下，在冰冻的大地上发了芽。
25. If we sow the seed now, in due course we will have the flower.
    如果我们现在播下种子，到时候会开花的。
26. In breeding sows, for example, feed intake in lactation largely determines the sow's milk production.
    例如在种母猪中，泌乳时的采食量很大程度上决定了母猪的产奶量。
27. As you sow, so will you reap.
    就像播种一样，你会有收获。
28. Sow a Habit, Reap a Character.
    种一个习惯，收获一个品质；

  plant grow sow【导航词义：种植】

  plant v. 种植

〔辨析〕指栽种植物或播种。

  grow v. 种植

〔辨析〕指种植植物或庄稼，强调播种或栽种完毕后的培育过程。

  sow v. 播种

〔辨析〕指撒播种子。

v.

sow the seeds of sth

• 成为…的肇端；播下…的种子
  to start the process that leads to a particular situation or result

sow (your) wild oats

• 过放荡不羁的生活
  to go through a period of wild behaviour while young, especially having a lot of romantic or sexual relationships

you reap what you sow

• 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
  you have to deal with the bad effects or results of sth that you originally started

n.

make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

• 用劣材制精品；化腐朽为神奇
  to succeed in making sth good out of material that does not seem very good at all

noun

1. an adult female hog

verb

1. introduce into an environment
   1. sow suspicion or beliefs

2. place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
   1. She sowed sunflower seeds

   Synonym:    seed

3. place seeds in or on (the ground)
   1. sow the ground with sunflower seeds

   Synonym:    inseminatesow in