hoe

noun

1. 锄头
   a garden tool with a long handle and a blade, used for breaking up soil and removing weeds (= plants growing where they are not wanted)

verb

1. 用锄头锄地（或除草）
   to break up soil, remove plants, etc. with a hoe
   1. to hoe the flower beds
      用锄头给花坛除草松土

1. 锄头;（长柄）锄
   A hoe is a gardening tool with a long handle and a small square blade, which you use to remove small weeds and break up the surface of the soil.
2. VERB 锄（地）;锄（草）
   If you hoe a field or crop, you use a hoe on the weeds or soil there.
   1. I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes...
      我得喂鸡，还得为马铃薯锄草。
   2. Today he was hoeing in the vineyard.
      今天他在葡萄园里锄地。
3. 处境麻烦;困难重重
   If you say that someone has a hard row to hoe or a tough row to hoe, you mean that they are in a difficult situation and have many problems to deal with.

1. I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes
   我得喂鸡，还得为马铃薯锄草。
2. Today he was hoeing in the vineyard.
   今天他在葡萄园里锄地。
3. Plymouth Hoe is renowned as the site where Drake played bowls before tackling the Spanish Armada.
   普利茅斯高地是德雷克在打败西班牙无敌舰队之前玩木球游戏的旧址，因此广为人知。
4. The ground is too hard to hoe.
   地太板了，不好锄。
5. David's father died when he was little, and he always had to hoe his own row.
   戴维小的时候就死了父亲，因此他一直不得不独自谋生。
6. I would rather hoe in the garden than run on the playground.
   我宁愿在花园里锄草，不愿在运动场上跑来跑去。
7. At dawn; I rise and go to weed the field;| shouldering the hoe; I walk home with the moon.
   晨兴理荒秽，带月荷锄归。（陶潜《归园田居》）
8. He is whittling down the branch with a knife to make a handle for his hoe.
   他在用刀削树枝做一把锄头柄。
9. As at noontide they hoe their crops, sweat on the grain to earth drops.
   锄禾日当午，汗滴禾下土。
10. We found him a picture of the farmer with a hoe over His shoulder.
    我们发现他肩上扛着锄头，一副农民的样子。
11. Let me weed the ground with a hoe.
    我拿着锄头来锄草。
12. We hoe the garden to keep down the weeds.
    我们给花园锄草以限制杂草生长。
13. With plough and spade, and hoe and loom.
    你们用犁、铲，用织机、铁锄。
14. The old man knocked the hoe handle up.
    那位老人把锄头柄往上敲。
15. I'm going to see my cousin soon Hoe happy I am.
    我很快要去看见我的表哥了，我多开心！
16. This is an awkward hoe.
    这把锄头太笨。
17. At first they cultivated with a rough wooden hoe.
    最初他们用粗糙的木锄耕作。
18. They also carry a hoe into the field to begin work.
    他们又扛起锄头，走向田野，开始工作了。
19. Women used to hoe up weeds and loosen the soil around each tree.
    旧时的这一天，妇女们会将果园的杂草锄掉，在每棵果树四周松土。
20. They set about each other furiously. This hoe suits me very well.
    他们使劲地扭打起来。这把锄我使着很对劲儿。
21. At this moment, a farmer came by with a hoe on his shoulder.
    在这时，一个肩上扛了一把锄头的农民刚好经过。
22. She brought herself a hoe and a sickle.
    她给自己买了一把锄头和一把镰刀。
23. She took up a hoe from the ground and beat the boa as hard as she could.
    她从地上拿起了锄头，尽自己最大的力气去砸蟒蛇。
24. I would hoe and I would weed with a spade.
    我会锄地，会用铁锨除杂草。
25. Weeds are controlled with precision tillage and the old fashioned hoe.
    靠精细的耕耘和老式的锄头来控制杂草。
26. I helped her to milk the cows and feed the chickens, to hoe and to plant.
    我帮她挤牛奶、喂小鸡、锄地、插苗。
27. The gardener used a hoe to remove weeds.
    这园丁用锄头锄草。
28. I raised the hoe and slowly advanced.
    我举着锄头，慢慢地向前走着。
29. This hoe will serve my turn.
    这把锄头我用着合适。
30. Grandma is using the other hoe.
    另一把锄头奶奶正在用呢！

hoe in

1. 痛快地吃
   to eat with enthusiasm

noun

1. a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle

verb

1. dig with a hoe
   1. He is hoeing the flower beds