| 词组 | plough through |
| 释义 | plough through 1. plough through sth to read, write, or deal with all of something, when there is a lot to do and it takes a long time: ▪ It was such a boring lesson - all we did was plough through a set of grammar exercises. ▪ Justice Charles Dubin now has to plough through 14,500 pages of evidence from 119 witnesses before making his findings known. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑work through 2. plough through sth to slowly eat all of something, especially when there is a lot of it and you are not enjoying it: ▪ Jamie was sitting in the canteen, ploughing through a meal of cabbage and potatoes. ■ SIMILAR TO: eat through 3. plough through sth to move through something that is blocking your way in order to get somewhere: ▪ Rescue workers had to plow through deep snow in order to reach the farm. ▪ They spent most of the walk ploughing through waist-high nettles and clumps of bramble. 4. plough through sth if a vehicle ploughs through something, it hits it and continues moving through it because the driver is not in control: ▪ A stolen Volkswagen Golf ploughed through the traffic barrier and ended up on the wrong side of the road. |
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