sow/səʊ/ (sowed, sown 或 sowed)

vt

1. 种，播种；撒播

• The peasants were sowing a field with wheat. 农民在田里种植小麦。

• Children were busy in sowing a plot of land with grass. 孩子们忙着在地里播草种。

2. 传播，使产生

• The war sowed the seeds of hatred. 战争撒下了仇恨的种子。

• His behaviour sowed doubt in my mind. 他的举动引起了我的疑心。