mow
/məu; mo/ v
(pt mowed, pp mown / məun; mon/ or mowed)
1 [I, Tn] cut (grass, etc) using a machine with blades, or a scythe （用机器或镰刀）刈, 割（草等）: mow the lawn 刈草坪
mow a field, ie cut the crops or vegetation in it 收割（地里的庄稼或蔬菜）
the smell of new-mown hay 新割牧草的气味.
2 (phr v) mow sb down kill (people) in large numbers, as if by making a sweeping movement 大量杀死（人）; 扫灭; 撂倒
soldiers mown down by machine-gun fire 被机枪撂倒的士兵
The lorry's brakes failed, and it mowed down several people in the bus queue. 卡车的闸失灵了, 撞倒了几个排队等公共汽车的人.