furrow英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.; A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

— Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.
Any trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal.; A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

— When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.

动词 v.

To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.). transitive

— Cart wheels can furrow roads.
To wrinkle. transitive
To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc. transitive

— As she pored over the company's bewildering tax documents, she furrowed her brows, wrinkled her nose, and began to frown her befuddlement.
to become furrowed intransitive

— If you were bold enough to ask Antonin Scalia questions, you had to be precise. Otherwise the bushy black brows would furrow, the chin would crumple and the pudgy, puckish body would start to rock, eager to get at you.

词形变化

furrows plural furrows present,singular,third-person furrowing participle,present furrowed participle,past furrowed past

词汇关系

衍生词

backfurrow underfurrow cleavage furrow dead furrow draw a straight furrow furrowless furrowlike furrowy iliac furrow plough a lonely furrow plough one's own furrow furrowable furrower furrowing unfurrow unfurrowed

词源

词源 1

From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna, “chasm”).

词源 2

From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna, “chasm”).