hoe sth
作及物动词,宾语通常是田地、土壤或杂草等。
They hoed the field before planting.
他们在种植前锄了田。
锄头
hoes — plural of hoe
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
锄头
a tool with a flat blade attached at a right angle to a long handle
They hoed the field before planting.
他们在种植前锄了田。
Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.
A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
一种刀片平坦、与长柄成直角的工具
a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
He bought a new hoe at the garden store.
他在园艺店买了一把新锄头。
The farmer used a hoe to remove the weeds between the rows.
农民用锄头清除行间的杂草。
My grandfather sharpened the hoe before working in the field.
我爷爷下地干活前磨快了锄头。
作及物动词,宾语通常是田地、土壤或杂草等。
They hoed the field before planting.
他们在种植前锄了田。
Not this
He bought three hoe.
Use this
He bought three hoes.
hoe 是可数名词,数词 three 后要用复数形式 hoes;汉语名词没有复数变化,所以学习者容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
Yesterday I hoeed the field.
Use this
Yesterday I hoed the field.
hoe 以不发音的 e 结尾,变过去式时直接加 -d 写成 hoed,而不是加 -ed 写成 hoeed;这是规则动词的拼写规则。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
园艺锄
You can use a garden hoe to break up the soil.
你可以用园艺锄把土块打散。
用锄头整理花园
We spent the afternoon hoeing the garden.
我们花了一下午用锄头整理花园。
在行间锄草
He carefully hoed between the rows of vegetables.
他小心地在蔬菜行间锄草。
锄草
She hoed the weeds while the sun was still low.
趁太阳还低的时候,她锄了草。
艰难的任务;棘手的事
Living on a single income is a hard row to hoe these days.
如今靠一份收入生活很不容易。
自力更生;管好自己的事
She decided to hoe her own row rather than rely on her parents.
她决定自力更生,而不是依赖父母。
被岁月的重量压弯了身躯,他倚着锄头凝视着大地。
Inspired by Millet's painting, Markham's poem describes a laborer bowed over his hoe.
受米勒画作启发,马克姆的诗描写了一个俯身在锄头上的劳动者。
Use hoes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
hoe 音近“厚”:想象一把刃口厚实的锄头,正用它锄地。
语域:neutral 常见场景:gardening、farming 作名词“锄头”时属于普通中性用语,多用于园艺或农耕等具体劳动场景;日常交流与书面说明中都可以使用,没有明显的正式或非正式倾向。
以上所列单词 toe、woe、doe、foe、go、snow 都与 hoe /hoʊ/ 押韵,都含相同的元音 /oʊ/ 且没有尾音。注意 shoe /ʃuː/ 和 does /dʌz/ 拼写相似,但读音与 hoe 完全不同,不要按 hoe 类推。
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