hoe

英 [həʊ]美 [ho]
  • vt. 锄，用锄头
  • vi. 用锄耕地
  • n. 锄头
  • n. (Hoe)人名；(英)霍；(越)槐
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助记提示

1. hack => hew, hoe.
2. hew <===> hoe.
3. 谐音“薅”----薅地---用锄头薅地。

中文词源

hoe 锄头

来自PIE*kau,砍，劈，击，词源同hew,hay.用于指锄头。

英文词源

hoe
hoe: see hay
hoe (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French houe (12c.), from Frankish *hauwa, from Proto-Germanic *hawwan (cognates: Old High German houwa "hoe, mattock, pick-axe," German Haue), from PIE *kau- "to hew, strike" (see hew). The verb is first recorded early 15c. Related: Hoed; hoeing.

双语例句

1. I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes.
我得喂鸡，还得为马铃薯锄草。
来自柯林斯例句
2. to hoe the flower beds
用锄头给花坛除草松土
来自《权威词典》
3. They hoe the garden to keep down the weeds.
他们把花园里的草锄掉,阻止其生长.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She bought herself a hoe and a sickle.
她给自己买了一把锄头和一把镰刀.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The ground is too hard to hoe.
地太板了,不好锄.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》