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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.
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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.
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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 snowplough


snowplough
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.
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About 283 snowploughs and 23 snow blowers are dedicated to winter maintenance on 1,600 miles of motorway.
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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.
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A substantial number of snowploughs are available.
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Skiers sometimes have difficulty with the snowplough technique.
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At the same time two works cars were obtained; they were no. 1, a water sprinkler and line clearer, and no. 2, a snowplough.
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Railroad equipment includes locomotives, a sleeper car, passenger coach, freight equipment, cabooses, freight cars and a snowplough.
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The most basic form of stemming is the snowplough turn taught to first-time skiers.
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Many ski schools graduate advancing students directly from the snowplough to the carving turn.
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The engines and snowplough reversed back along the line and then charged.
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The first train crossed in autumn 1922 and materials from this cargo were used to make a permanent snowplough.
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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.
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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.
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