词汇 | snowplough |
释义 | snowplough noun UK(USsnowplow)uk /ˈsnəʊ.plaʊ/ us /ˈsnoʊ.plaʊ/ snowploughnoun (VEHICLE)[ C ] a vehicle or device for removing snow from roads or railways: 扫雪机,除雪机 Hundreds of gritting lorries and snowploughs are on standby. The track is kept clear by a lorry with a snowplough bolted to its bumper. Stephen Oliver/Dorling KINDERSLEY/GettyImages Trucks, vans & caravans armoured car articulated lorry bakkie bin lorry bloodmobile camper caravan Caterpillar track dumper JCB tender tipper tipper truck transit travel trailer trucking ute utility truck Winnebago wrecker snowploughnoun (SKIING)[ Cusually singular ] in skiing, a simple way of turning or stopping in which the points of the skis are turned towards each other: (滑雪中的)犁式制动 I just couldn't get the hang of the snowplough and ended up face down in the snow. Taking to the slopes, she learned how to do a snowplough turn. Brian Summers/First Light/GettyImages Winter sports airboard airboarder airboarding Alpine skiing après-ski biathlon enforcer face off figure skater figure skating forecheck ice rink skating rink skiboard skiboarding skier skiing slalom sledge sleigh snowplough verb uk /ˈsnəʊ.plaʊ/ us /ˈsnoʊ.plaʊ/ snowploughverb (SKIING)[ I or T ] in skiing, to turn or stop with the points of the skis turned towards each other: We had practised, endlessly, snowploughing to control our speed. I was amazed to see my daughter snowploughing her way through a sort of obstacle course. Winter sports airboard airboarder airboarding Alpine skiing après-ski biathlon enforcer face off figure skater figure skating forecheck ice rink skating rink skiboard skiboarding skier skiing slalom sledge sleigh snowploughverb (REMOVE PROBLEMS)[ T ] to remove or deal with problems for a child, so they never have to do anything difficult or never fail, and do not learn how to do things for themselves: Are you snowploughing your kid? By snowploughing all opposition and doing everything for them, they may be robbing their children of confidence and self-reliance. Parenting & caring for children adopt adoptable adopted adoptee adoption caretaking child-rearing childless childlessness childmind kinship care kinship carer lawnmower parent looked-after milestone skin to skinidiom snowploughing stay-at-home swaddle unadoptable snowplough adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈsnəʊ.plaʊ/ us /ˈsnoʊ.plaʊ/ used to refer to a parent who removes or deals with problems for a child, so they never have to do anything difficult or never fail, and do not learn how to do things for themselves: Having a snowplough parent is not good for a child in the long run. Snowplough mothers and fathers are criticized for clearing every difficulty from their child’s path. Parenting & caring for children adopt adoptable adopted adoptee adoption caretaking child-rearing childless childlessness childmind kinship care kinship carer lawnmower parent looked-after milestone skin to skinidiom snowploughing stay-at-home swaddle unadoptable Examples of snowploughsnowplough A strong azimuthal field induced by a wall-concentrated discharge current compresses plasma inwards much like a snowplough effect. The 414 small snowploughs are for attachment to the local authorities' prime movers in due course. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About 283 snowploughs and 23 snow blowers are dedicated to winter maintenance on 1,600 miles of motorway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Additional expenditure was also incurred on snowploughing and salting during the recent severe winter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A substantial number of snowploughs are available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Skiers sometimes have difficulty with the snowplough technique. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the same time two works cars were obtained; they were no. 1, a water sprinkler and line clearer, and no. 2, a snowplough. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Railroad equipment includes locomotives, a sleeper car, passenger coach, freight equipment, cabooses, freight cars and a snowplough. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The most basic form of stemming is the snowplough turn taught to first-time skiers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many ski schools graduate advancing students directly from the snowplough to the carving turn. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The engines and snowplough reversed back along the line and then charged. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The first train crossed in autumn 1922 and materials from this cargo were used to make a permanent snowplough. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Downhill classic skiing involves using the snowplough, whereby the skis are turned inwards with the tips nearly together to create drag and thus reduce descent speed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As the skier gains confidence and can increase their speed, the angle of the snowplough is reduced until it devolves into the skis lying parallel to each other. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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