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ploughman

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Agriculture, Occupations
plough·man /ˈplaʊmən/ noun (plural ploughmen /-mən/) [countable] British English  old useTABO a man whose job was to guide a plough that was being pulled by a horse []犁人,驾马拉犁的人
Examples from the Corpus
ploughmanTaking a gamble, Seb bought a second plough and took on another ploughman.The homeward-bound ploughman roars his tractor across the flyover linking two fields bisected by the roar of the motorway beneath.A chance to see what makes a perfect ploughman.Get that ploughman to help you if he comes back up here.The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green corn Hath rotted ere his youth attain'd a beard.
plough·man nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a to plough job whose was guide a man


ploughman
ploughman /ˈplaʊmən/ noun (plural ploughmen /-mən/) [countable] British English
old use a man whose job was to guide a plough that was being pulled by a horse


plough·man (NAmE plow·man) BrE /ˈplaʊmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈplaʊmən/ 🔊 noun (
plural
plough·men BrE /ˈplaʊmən/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈplaʊmən/ 🔊
)
a man whose job is guiding a plough, especially one pulled by animals 扶犁者(尤指畜力拉的犁)