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plod

verb
🔊/plɒd/
🔊/plɑːd/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they plod
🔊/plɒd/
🔊/plɑːd/
he / she / it plods
🔊/plɒdz/
🔊/plɑːdz/
past simple plodded
🔊/ˈplɒdɪd/
🔊/ˈplɑːdɪd/
past participle plodded
🔊/ˈplɒdɪd/
🔊/ˈplɑːdɪd/
-ing form plodding
🔊/ˈplɒdɪŋ/
🔊/ˈplɑːdɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to walk slowly with heavy steps, especially because you are tired艰难地行走；吃力地行进 synonym trudge
    • + adv./prep. Our horses plodded down the muddy track.我们的马沿着泥泞小路蹒跚而行。🔊🔊
    • We plodded on through the rain.我们冒雨艰难地跋涉。🔊🔊
    • They plodded back up the hill again.他们又一次爬回山上。
    • plod your way + adv./prep. I watched her plodding her way across the field.我注视着她步履艰难地穿过田野。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPlod is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • horse
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably symbolic of a heavy gait.

plod

noun
🔊/plɒd/
🔊/plɑːd/
[singular]
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  1. a slow walk with heavy steps, especially because you are tired 艰难地行走；吃力地行进
  2. (also PC Plod)
     (British English, informal, humorous) a name used to refer in a humorous way to a junior police officer
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    Topics Law and justicec2