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hoe

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Gardening
hoe /həʊ $ hoʊ/ noun [countable]  DLGa garden tool with a long handle, used for removing weeds (=unwanted plants) from the surface of the soil 锄头,(长柄)锄hoe verb [intransitive, transitive]
Examples from the Corpus
hoeWe found him in a field with a hoe.He'd poked at the soil with a hoe to give it a fresh look.Their time is constantly spent in tilling the soil, manuring it with ashes, raking and hoeing it with wooden hoes.He's saving three pounds a week and putting it in the post office at hoe.Graham Booth is using a 12-row Garford hoe.You run in the compound, your grub hoe held at port arms.The cattle are not used for draught purposes, since the fields are tilled with the hoe.The hoes and rakes are still there, leaning against the wall, useless.
Origin hoe (1300-1400) Old French houe
hoe nounChinese
a handle, with garden used Corpus tool long for a removing


hoe
hoe /həʊ $ hoʊ/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: houe
a garden tool with a long handle, used for removing weeds (=unwanted plants) from the surface of the soil
—hoe verb [intransitive and transitive]


hoeBrE /həʊ/ 🔊NAmE /hoʊ/ 🔊 noun
a garden tool with a long handle and a blade, used for breaking up soil and removing weeds (= plants growing where they are not wanted) 锄头
hoeBrE /həʊ/ 🔊NAmE /hoʊ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they hoe BrE /həʊ/ 🔊 NAmE /hoʊ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it hoes BrE /həʊz/ 🔊 NAmE /hoʊz/ 🔊past simple hoed BrE /həʊd/ 🔊 NAmE /hoʊd/ 🔊past participle hoed BrE /həʊd/ 🔊 NAmE /hoʊd/ 🔊 -ing form hoeing BrE /ˈhəʊɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhoʊɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) to break up soil, remove plants, etc. with a hoe 用锄头锄地(或除草)to hoe the flower beds用锄头给花坛除草松土 hoe ˈin(AustralE, NZE, informal) to eat with enthusiasm 痛快地吃