a/an + [noun]
ploughman 是可数名词,单数泛指时用不定冠词 a。
A ploughman was walking along the lane.
一个庄稼汉正沿着小路走。
把犁人;庄稼汉
ploughmen — plural of ploughman
a man who plows
把犁人;庄稼汉
n a man who plows
The ploughman walked behind the heavy plough all morning.
那位庄稼汉整个上午都走在沉重的犁后面。
用法提示:这里用单数名词 ploughman 指以犁地为业的人。
At sunrise, the ploughman began turning the soil for the new season.
日出时,庄稼汉开始为新的季节翻土。
用法提示:此句中的 ploughman 是主语,表示犁地的男人。
The village hired two ploughmen to prepare the field before winter.
村里雇了两名庄稼汉在冬天之前翻整田地。
用法提示:ploughmen 是 ploughman 的复数形式,用作宾语。
ploughman 是可数名词,单数泛指时用不定冠词 a。
A ploughman was walking along the lane.
一个庄稼汉正沿着小路走。
说明某人的身份或职业时,be 动词后接 a/an + 名词。
His father was a ploughman.
他父亲是个庄稼汉。
work as a 后接职业名词,表示从事某项工作。
He worked as a ploughman in his youth.
他年轻时当过庄稼汉。
ploughman 的复数形式是 ploughmen,注意把 -man 变成 -men。
The ploughmen were tired after a long day.
经过漫长的一天,这些庄稼汉都很疲惫。
tiller 侧重翻耕、松土的动作,可指人也可指农具,偏书面或旧式;不像 ploughman 那样特指掌犁的男性农工。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were many ploughmans in the field.
正确表达There were many ploughmen in the field.
ploughman 的复数是不规则变化,把词尾 -man 变为 -men,即 ploughmen,不能直接加 -s 变成 ploughmans。
grammar · medium
易错句子My grandfather is ploughman.
正确表达My grandfather is a ploughman.
ploughman 是可数名词,表示职业或身份时要用不定冠词 a/an。单数可数名词在句中通常需要限定词,所以必须说 a ploughman。
grammar · medium
易错句子He ploughman the field before sowing.
正确表达He ploughed the field before sowing.
ploughman 是名词,意为“把犁人”;表示“犁地”的动词是 plough,过去式是 ploughed。不能把名词直接当动词使用。
ploughman 指人,即扶犁耕作的人;plough 作名词指农具“犁”,作动词指“犁地”。使用时注意词尾 -man 表示身份,不能把 plough 当作人来指代。
farmer 泛指经营或耕种农田的人,范围较广;ploughman 专指扶犁耕田的劳动者,是农场中的具体工种,不一定是农场的主人。
农家午餐(英国酒馆的冷餐拼盘,通常含面包、奶酪和泡菜)
We stopped at the pub and ordered a ploughman's lunch.
我们在酒馆停下来,点了一份农家午餐。
plough(犁,耕地)+ man(人)
英式酒吧里的一种冷餐(面包、奶酪、酸黄瓜等),常称“农夫午餐”
We stopped for a ploughman's lunch at the country pub.
我们在一家乡村酒吧停下来吃了一顿农夫午餐。
农夫拖着疲惫的身子朝家走去,把世界留给黑暗和我。
This famous line from Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard uses 'ploughman' to evoke the close of a rural day.
这句出自托马斯·格雷《墓园挽歌》的名句用 ploughman 一词描绘农村一日将尽的情景。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.