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母猪播种,散布,使密布播种

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Sow \Sow\, v. t. [imp. {Sowed}; p. p. {Sown}or {Sowed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Sowing}.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. s[=a]wan; akin to
   OFries. s?a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. s[=a]jan, G. s["a]en,
   Icel. s[=a], Sw. s[*a], Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith.
   s[=e]ti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. {Saturday},
   {Season}, {Seed}, {Seminary}.]
   1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing;
      as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread
      abroad; to propagate. ``He would sow some difficulty.''
      --Chaucer.

            A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some
            seeds fell by the wayside.            --Matt. xiii.
                                                  3, 4.

            And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
                                                  --Addison.

   2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as
      land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over;
      to besprinkle.

            The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . .
            and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it
            with trifles.                         --Sir M. Hale.

            [He] sowed with stars the heaven.     --Milton.

            Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl.
                                                  --Milton.

Sow \Sow\, v. i.
   To sew. See {Sew}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Sow \Sow\, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[=u], D. zog,
   zeug, OHG. s[=u], G. sau, Icel. s[=y]r, Dan. so, Sw. sugga,
   so, L. sus. Gr. "y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the
   root seen in Skr. s[=u] to beget, to bear; the animal being
   named in allusion to its fecundity. [root]294. Cf. {Hyena},
   {Soil} to stain, {Son}, {Swine}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) A sow bug.

   3. (Metal.)
      (a) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds
          in the pig bed.
      (b) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
      (c) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a
          salamander.

   4. (Mil.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers
      in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place,
      sapping and mining the wall, or the like. --Craig.

   {Sow bread}. (Bot.) See {Cyclamen}.

   {Sow bug}, or {Sowbug} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous
      species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to {Oniscus},
      {Porcellio}, and allied genera of the family
      {Oniscid[ae]}. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable
      substances.

   {Sow thistle} [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant
      ({Sonchus oleraceus}) said to be eaten by swine and some
      other animals.

Sow \Sow\, v. i.
   To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; --
   literally or figuratively.

         They that sow in tears shall reap in joi. --Ps. cxxvi.
                                                  5.

资料来源 : WordNet®

sow
     v 1: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She
          sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: {sough}, {seed}]
     2: introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
        [syn: {sough}]
     3: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with
        sunflower seeds" [syn: {inseminate}, {sow in}]
     [also: {sown}]

sow
     n : an adult female hog
     [also: {sown}]