plough

すき、プラウ

種をまく前に土を切り起こして裏返す、大きな農具。

やさしい英語で： A large farm tool that cuts and turns the soil before seeds are planted.

• The horse pulled the plough.
• They bought a new plough for the farm.
• Old wooden ploughs are displayed in the museum.

類義語： plow

よく使う表現： pull a plough, horse-drawn plough, a tractor plough, a steel plough

耕す、すく

すきなどの農具で土を起こし、種をまけるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To cut and turn soil with a large farm tool so it is ready for planting.

• We plough the fields in spring.
• The farmer ploughed this land yesterday.
• Have they ploughed the whole field yet?

類義語： plow, till

よく使う表現： plough a field, plough the soil, plough the land

突き進む、かき分けて進む

進むのを妨げるものを、力強くかき分けて進む。

やさしい英語で： To move forward with force through something that makes movement difficult.

• The boat ploughed through the waves.
• We ploughed through thick mud to reach the house.
• A heavy truck was ploughing through the floodwater.

使い方： plough through something (The truck ploughed through the deep snow.)

類義語： plow, push, force one's way

よく使う表現： plough through snow, plough through water, plough through something

ひき倒す、突き倒す

進みながら人にぶつかって倒し、そのまま進み続ける。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone while moving and knock them down, continuing without stopping.

• The truck ploughed him down.
• A player ploughed me over and kept running.
• The van ploughed down two pedestrians before hitting a wall.

使い方： plough someone down (The speeding van ploughed a cyclist down.); plough someone over (A running child almost ploughed me over.)

類義語： run over, knock down, plow

よく使う表現： plough someone down, plough someone over