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Trying to regroup after a bumpy Twitter rollout, Ron DeSantis sought to make new headlines, suggesting that he might consider pardoning Donald Trump if he faced federal charges.

ploughing through

Footage of the incident shows a red SUV ploughing through the parade, with police appearing to open fire as the vehicle crashed through street barriers.

Well what else are you going to do if someone puts you in a capsule and fires you into space?

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Reptiles were previously considered unable to play, but a Russian space...

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The chief executive of the oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, was killed when a business jet collided with a snow plow during takeoff in Moscow, officials said.

Total Oil Chief Dies When Jet Hits Plow

Christophe de Margerie, who became C.E.O. in 2007, and three crew members were killed when a business jet struck a snowplow during takeoff.

Windows, Revamped and Split in 2

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Microsoft's Windows 8 has two different worlds, one designed primarily for touch screens, the other for mouse and keyboard.


Indian geckos are in high demand for HIV 'cures'

Hilary Mantel wins 2012 Man Booker Prize

The whittling has finished. The judges of this year's Man Booker Prize started with a daunting 145 novels and have winnowed, sifted, culled, and in some cases hurled, until there was only one left: Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies.

不過，有些索引與內文對應之問題，譬如說， winnowing 揚穀，只有約略之對應；又，不知何故刪掉少數條目。譬如說， Pierce the Ploughman's Credo --此條在內文中翻譯為《透視梨?把式的信條》，不知所云。

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Gecko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Geckos are lizards belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from 1.6 cm to 60 cm. Geckos cannot blink.

Definition of gecko in English:

noun (plural geckos or geckoes)

A nocturnal and often highly vocal lizard which hasadhesive pads on the feet to assist in climbing onsmooth surfaces. It is widespread in warm regions.

• Gekkonidae and related families: numerous generaand species

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Origin

Late 18th century: from Malay dialect geko, gekok, imitative of its cry.

winnow[win・now]

• 発音記号[wínou]
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[動](他)

1 〈穀物などを〉ふるい分ける；〈もみがら・ごみなどを〉（穀物から）あおぎ［吹き］飛ばす((from ...)).

2 …を選び出す, ふるいにかける；((文))…を（…と）区別［識別］する((out, down/from ...))

winnow truth from falsehood
真偽を弁別する.

3 …を細かく吟味する.

4 ((文))〈風が〉…に吹きつける, …を吹き散らす.

5 〈鳥が〉〈翼を〉羽ばたかせる.

━━(自)

1 穀物ともみがらを分ける.

2 羽ばたきする.

━━[名]ふるい分ける道具, 唐箕(とうみ).

win・now・er

[名]

snowplough

Line breaks: snow|plough

Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊplaʊ

  

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(US snowplow)

NOUN

1An implement or vehicle for clearing roads of thicksnow by pushing it aside.

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2Skiing An act of turning the points of one’s skisinwards in order to slow down or turn.

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VERB

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Ski with the tips of one’s skis pointing inwards in order to slow down or turn:I snowploughed down many a run

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plough

Pronunciation: /plaʊ/

(US plow)

Translate plough | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

noun

• 1a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn over soil to turn it over and cut furrows in preparation for the planting of seeds.
• [mass noun] land that has been ploughed:she saw a brown strip of plough
• chiefly North American a snowplough.

• 2 (the Plough) British a prominent formation of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), containing the Pointers that indicate the direction to the Pole Star. Also called the Big Dipper (North American), Charles's Wain (formerly, in Britain).

verb

[with object]

• 1turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plough, especially before sowing:the fields had all been ploughed up (as adjective ploughed)a ploughed field
• cut (a furrow or line) with or as if with a plough:icebergs have ploughed furrows on the seabed
• (of a ship or boat) travel through (an area of water):cruise liners plough the long-sailed routes
• (plough something up) unearth something while using a plough:some day someone will plough up the bomb and lose a leg

• 2  [no object, with adverbial of direction] (especially of a vehicle) move in a fast and uncontrolled manner:the car ploughed into the side of a van
• advance or progress laboriously or forcibly:they ploughed their way through deep snow the students are ploughing through a set of grammar exercises
• (plough on) continue steadily despite difficulties or warnings to stop:he ploughed on, trying to outline his plans

• 3 chiefly North American clear snow from (a road) using a snowplough: he could use the car only in summer because the roads weren’t ploughed in winter

• 4British informal, dated fail (an examination): not many people plough Greats and become a professor of Latin

Phrases

plough a lonely (or one's own) furrow

follow a course of action in which one is isolated or in which one can act independently: it is more sensible for the college as a whole to act than for individual departments to plough a lonely furrow

put (or set) one's hand to the plough

embark on a task: she needed a rest, but she had set her hand to the plough

[with biblical allusion to Luke 9:62]

Phrasal Verbs

plough something in/back

plough grass or other material into the soil to enrich it: clover was grown to plough in as green manure

invest money in a business or reinvest profits in the enterprise producing them: savings made through greater efficiency will be ploughed back into the service

Derivatives

ploughable

adjective

plougher

noun

Origin:

late Old English plōh, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ploeg and German Pflug. The spelling plough became common in England in the 18th century; earlier (16th–17th cents) the noun was normally spelled plough, the verb plow

Spelling help

Remember that the ending of plough is spelled -ough (the spelling plow is American).

plowshare

 

音節

plów • shàre, ((主に英))plóugh-

plowshareの変化形

plowshares (複数形)

[名]すきの刃./ 犁

Phrases

beat (or turn) swords into ploughshares

devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends.

[with biblical allusion to Is. 2:4 and Mic. 4:3]