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noun rəʊroʊ 1A number of people or things in a more or less straight line. （人或物的）一排，一行，一列 her villa stood in a row of similar ones 她的别墅坐落于一排相似的别墅中。 Example sentencesExamples - Spring sown crops of corn are looking promising, with their straight green rows, and potatoes are being planted as fast as everyone can manage.
- Later photographs of the square show a row of rickshaws lined up in the square, and horses and carriages.
- There were peas, and beans, and rows of young turnips, and carrots, and parsnips, all bordered by long straight rows of wheat.
- The walls were lined from floor to ceiling with nothing but rows and rows of books.
- We quietly filed in, formed rows and stood an arm's length apart.
- She put her school books in a neat row, making sure her books stood up straight.
- Rows and rows of red velvet chairs lined the large room.
- The desks in Jan's classroom were arranged in four orderly horizontal rows.
- Family photos cover one of the walls, straight rows of memories that seem to blend into one another.
- Her eyes automatically went to the row of photographs lining the top shelf.
- Along the street behind the gates rows of shops sell fresh produce, including unusual items such as sacks of soybeans, sea cucumbers and shark's fins for soup.
- George went in the direction Sal indicated and opened the specified cabinet, to reveal two long shelves lined with rows of bottles.
- Tobias grinned again, exposing two rows of straight white teeth.
- In most parts of the world the vineyard is a well-defined entity, generally well demarcated by the borders of the straight rows.
- This property is on the sunny side of Fitzwilliam Terrace, a row of redbrick houses on Upper Rathmines Road.
- We pulled up into a winding driveway that was lined by a row of rose bushes, all in full bloom.
- Even though fleece doesn't ravel, the rows of stitching lines need to be sewn on the bias to achieve a good bloom.
- If planting strictly for cut flowers, then straight rows are the easiest to work with.
- The pink, caterpillar-like larvae have rows of black spots along their sides.
- Above ground, an amphitheater lined with seven double rows of cypress trees echoes the octagonal space below.
Synonyms line, column, file, cordon queue procession, chain, string, series, succession informal crocodile - 1.1 A line of seats in a theatre.
（戏院的）一排座位 they sat in the front row 他们坐在前排。 Example sentencesExamples - I peered over the edge of the seat in front of me and looked down the rows below to see if she was still in the theater.
- I sat in the back of the theatre about ten rows behind them.
- Not one to miss the opportunity, he grabbed honours by occupying a seat in the first row.
- Being a tall man, Paddy had requested a seat at the exit row.
- Wearing sunglasses and a dark suit, he found a seat in an unoccupied row.
- Within a week of the wedding, he was back at the theater, ensconced in his customary aisle seat in the third row.
- I'm seated in the third row, just forward of the semicircular bleachers that surround the stage and the rear band area.
- Her son, Rahul Gandhi, was seated in the third row behind Gandhi.
- Devon, Joannah, and Layla found a seat in the row before the last of the full theatre.
- The children seated in the first row were running around the hall dispersing the sweets to the ones who had got the answers right.
- Four men in black uniforms, along with a plainclothed man with a large ID badge, walked past us to an aisle seat about eight rows behind me.
- 1.2often in place names A street with a continuous line of houses along one or both of its sides.
（常用于地名中、一侧或两侧有房屋的）街，路 he lives at 23 Saville Row 他住在萨维尔街23号。 Example sentencesExamples - Amazingly, the garden has grown to be more than 60 ft-long and has crept around the side of the terraced row.
- Yesterday was the last day of the holidays for children in homes along the busy row on the Collie Road, minutes from Clonmel town.
- Ever since the blast rocked four houses in the middle of a terraced row in Cecilia Street, Great Lever, two years ago, piles of rubble have remained to mark the spot.
- 1.3 A horizontal line of entries in a table.
（表格的）横线，横栏 visualize the subject in the form of a sheet of paper divided into columns and rows Example sentencesExamples - In the first row of Table 2, it can be seen that six respondents earned a score of 12.
- I had lines and lines of code defining table cells and rows.
- The first two rows of Table 1 present descriptive information on this first set of indexes for the population.
- The entries in the rows of Tables III and IV include all reported instruments that were used by multiple schools.
- When we typically think of the data explosion we tend to think about our databases growing by the number of rows or tables being added.
- In this table, the rows indicate the procedure of which the outcome is being assessed, and the columns indicate the procedure that was used to define hospital volume.
- 1.4 A complete line of stitches in knitting or crochet.
（编结物或钩针织品的）一行针脚（或缝线） Example sentencesExamples - It will work without knitting this one extra row, but it is easier to sew it together if you do
- Decide how many rows of decorative stitching you want, then pleat an additional two rows.
- When straight stitching both rows, stretch the seam equally both times.
- At this point there are six unworked stitches at each end of the row.
- Instead of starting with 38 stitches for the cuffs, I cast on 46 and increased 2 stitches every 6 rows.
- I added 5 extra rows on the collar in stocking stitch so that I would have a roll in the collar, which is easier to pull over the head than ribbing.
- Dawn was stitching the last row when Tobit barged in, followed by Will.
- To quilt the sashing and borders, set the machine for a serpentine stitch and stitch parallel rows down the strips.
- With right sides together, sew the long edges of your horizontal rows together until all four sets are sewn together.
- Insert the filler for the next row in the same manner and stitch across the channels; repeat for the two remaining pocket rows.
Phrasesa hard (or tough) row to hoe A difficult task. 难办的事，棘手的事 the team have a hard row to hoe to get back to the top Example sentencesExamples - ‘They already have a tough row to hoe at this point, just to preserve, contain and keep their audience content,’ Maio says.
- Even though the burden of proof is on the prosecution, the reality is that when one side presents emotional, detailed stories, the defense has a hard row to hoe.
- Well, it's a long story, but to shorten it up: first-time novelists have a tough row to hoe.
- You have a tough row to hoe and still need to be a source of stability for your son.
- I see the film studio having a tough row to hoe with this.
- It didn't take me very long to realize that making even a modest living as an artist was a tough row to hoe!
- Real estate can be a tough row to hoe for first-time homebuyers.
- When my older brother went off to college and had to manage without her cooking, it was a tough row to hoe for him.
- With a kid, there are always so many little GI Joe army boots and stray Lego pieces and art projects lying around, it's a tough row to hoe to keep things tidy.
- I'm beginning to get the feeling that if we had control freak parents we have a tough row to hoe when relating to others and particularly our own children.
1Forming a line. 成一排，成一行，成一直线 four chairs were set in a row 四张椅子摆成一排。 Example sentencesExamples - The only people living in a row of abandoned houses marked for redevelopment have told of their living nightmare.
- By this division Thomas now came to own four houses in a row fronting Lower Street.
- Set them up in a row with about a body width between.
- Place five chairs in a row at the front of the class.
- More than 20 panels are hung in a row around the gallery like segments of a long comic strip.
- 1.1informal In succession.
〈非正式〉连续地，一连串地 he jumped nineteen clear rounds in a row 他连续跳了整整19个圈。 Example sentencesExamples - It was the Bury side's fourth win in a row, helping them pull further clear of the relegation zone.
- The team won the game on Tuesday, which made that their seventh straight win in a row.
- If they work six days in a row, they are also legally entitled to a weekly rest period of 45 hours.
- In previous years, the team struggled as they were forced to switch leagues for four seasons in a row.
- The issue of the bridge came up again, for the second month in a row, and again the topic was hotly debated.
- Murphy has contested the last six tournaments in a row and has no intention of stopping now.
- Going for six in a row was no mean achievement but unfortunately it was not to be.
- Export orders fell for the eighth month in a row, albeit at the slowest rate for six months.
- The difficulty for Wales now is that a strange fixtures schedule sees them play three away games in a row.
- It is the third year in a row in which arable farmers have been hit by a combination of relatively low harvests and other penalties.
Synonyms consecutively, one after the other, in succession running, straight informal on the trot
informal The back row of seats in a concert hall, theatre, or stadium. they could have snatched a late winner, but he struck his shot into row Z Example sentencesExamples - Juan rushes out to clear the ball into Row Z.
- While he has captured close-ups of Beckham taking a corner, just as important are those of the fan sitting in Row Z.
- Neville finds Sullivan on the edge of the field, and Brown rushes out to clear it into Row Z.
- Heintze is forced to hack the ball into Row Z.
- Now, I'm clearly in Row Z - my visitor count makes Robert Smith's election result look good.
- He promptly returns it to Paul Overton, whose abject cross from the right ends up in Row Z of the stand on the other side of the pitch.
- Instead of putting the ball in Row Z he allowed Alan Hunte to reach round and get the scoring touch.
- Since Portugal scored, Marc Overmars spurned a half-chance to equalise, slicing a volley into Row Z from distance.
- After some slapstick defending, Michael Sweetney eventually hacks the ball into Row Z.
OriginOld English rāw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rij and German Reihe. The sense ‘an orderly line’ is recorded from Old English. Row meaning ‘to propel with oars’ is also Old English, but is a different word that goes back to a root shared also by Latin remus ‘oar’. The kind of row that results from a heated argument is a different word again, with a different pronunciation. It turned up in English from an unknown source in the middle of the 18th century, when it was considered to be slang or ‘low’ speech.
Rhymesallow, avow, Bilbao, Bissau, bough, bow, bow-wow, brow, cacao, chow, ciao, cow, dhow, Dow, endow, Foochow, Frau, Hangzhou, Hough, how, Howe, kowtow, Lao, Liao, Macao, Macau, miaow, Mindanao, mow, now, ow, Palau, plough (US plow), pow, prow, scow, Slough, sough, sow, Tao, thou, vow, wow, Yangshao aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou verb rəʊroʊ [with object]1Propel (a boat) with oars. 划（船） out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy 在远处海湾里，一个小小身影正在划一只小橡皮划艇。 Example sentencesExamples - The ferryman dies and Siddhartha is left to row the ferry himself.
- The Orsay picture is the more finished of the two, showing five faceless men rowing their boat through a choppy sea towards a waiting ship on the horizon.
- One dark night he helped row a collapsible boat carrying a dozen men half a mile out to sea in the hope of finding a ship to take them.
- David noticed that square holes had been cut in the hull to allow oarsmen to row the ship despite the fact that it possessed a single mast with a sail.
- Our final day was again beautifully sunny, if freezing, so we decided to row a boat around one of Donegal's many lochs.
- She rowed the boat down the waterway, her anger slowly subsiding.
- Physical challenges included rowing the raft across a lake, taking on an assault course, with and without heavy equipment to carry, and jogging over a daytime orienteering course.
- Sometimes, in calm seas, when the outboard stuttered and needed coaxing with frequent plug de-oilings, Angus would row the boat.
- Dallas rowed the little boat up alongside the fishing rig.
- It is glorious weather, the waterway full of small boats, some being rowed, some under sail, when suddenly there is the sound of shouting as the peaceful afternoon is shattered.
- He was unable to row the boat and couldn't steer the vessel having lost his rudder on day one of the voyage.
- We tried our hand rowing a boat on the lake which was completely riotous.
- When about 50 yards from the shore the pinnaces cast off, leaving the boats to be rowed to the beach by their naval crews, under covering fire from the warships.
- Gil and Marle each picked up a paddle and started rowing the boat away from the harbor.
- The Italian crew will row their flagship, the Disdotona, on the way back from the Henley Regatta, accompanied by two Venetian racing fours.
- Our staff will row the rafts, cook, and provide special activities for the children.
- The Turkish galleys were rowed by slaves: some of the Christian ships were rowed by volunteers.
- She began furiously rowing the boat to the right, trying to escape the current.
- A girl rows a raft made from banana-tree shoots in the flooded Samata, 35 km east of Guwahati, on Thursday.
- The old ferryman has become so frail that he no longer rows the ferry.
- 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Travel by rowing a boat.
划船 we rowed down the river all day 我们整天沿河划船而下。 Example sentencesExamples - Another of our employments was to row a little way off from the shore in a boat, and dive for large stones to build a wall round our master's house.
- They took the ship's boat and rowed to shore in the dead of night.
- He locked the peashooter inside a metal box, rowed out to the sea in a boat, and dumped the box over the side.
- As we rowed down the river I could see fish in a reed fringed bay.
- You used to row out to your boat moored away from the shore.
- We ate some breakfast and jumped into our rafts and rowed down to the southeastern end of Otter Lake.
- To others I said I rowed all the way by myself in a boat and they swallowed that as well.
- The tiny boat rowed closer and closer to shore, but still outside of shouting distance.
- We lived in a boat house, so we just had to row about 5 minutes across the water to get to my school.
- They got into the boat and started rowing away from the beach.
- And to row across the river instead of taking the bridge; it seemed unnecessarily complicated.
- The freshmen eight rowed downstream for three and a halt miles in easy stretches and return, being coached from the launch by Coach Kennedy.
- They dropped down row boats and began to row ashore.
- He rows away from a motor boat carrying Italian guards who don't seem to take serious notice of him.
- One day, Ramsay three times pushed the boat away from shore as the men rowed across from their encampment to commence work.
- In the past, he spent many an hour rowing down the River Barrow.
- Campus staff occasionally rowed out to the lake centre in a wooden boat to spread fish food more evenly onto the lake surface.
- They crossed the sand bar at the mouth of the river, before rowing up river for three miles.
- We rowed to shore on one of the smalls boats kept on ship.
- He lashes his fishing line inside his little boat and begins to row to shore.
- Mr Butler rowed single-handed across the Atlantic in 2001.
- He was still smiling as the boat hit the water and until we had rowed so far away that he was indistinguishable from the other people still on the ship.
- They rowed up to the harbor and got out of the boat.
- There was a river mouth near to the beach and we would often row up the river and set a net off one of the mangrove heads, partially blocking the tributary.
- Eventually, a plan is hatched by Herbert and Pip, whereby Pip and Magwitch will flee the country by rowing down the river and catching a steamer bound for Europe.
- Then he rows across the river, releasing more net before he turns upstream to row back in a circular route to where the leading end was released.
- With swift strokes, she rowed away from the dock.
- 1.2 Convey (a passenger) in a boat by rowing it.
划渡（乘客）；（用船）划送 her father was rowing her across the lake 她的父亲划船送她过湖。 Example sentencesExamples - On his retirement in 1992, CDRE McKay was rowed across the lake in a Navy dinghy.
- The lack of port was a problem for the little township - supplies and passengers had to be rowed by boat through the rolling surf - often struggling wet and miserable to shore.
- I went out to a swamp and sat in the middle of a canoe while George and Stephen rowed me.
- Back then, muscly oarsmen would row paying passengers across Southampton Water, a journey well capable of taking an hour or more.
- The town council has in turn appealed to the seamanship of the Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets who have agreed to launch one of their boats to row the raiding party across.
- Charlie and Barb rowed me into shore, toured the island and visited the cave.
- 1.3no object Engage in the sport of rowing, especially competitively.
参加划船赛；当赛船划手 他参加了英格兰队的赛船。 with complement he rowed stroke in the University Eight 他在第八大学船队里当尾桨手。 Example sentencesExamples - Cracknell, who rowed in Britain's coxless four triumph at the last Olympic Games in Sydney, said the win was even sweeter after the ups and downs the boat had endured this season.
- He will be rowing with Matthew Pinsent in the coxless pairs.
- He was a fit man, apart from fairly well controlled hypertension, who had been rowing competitively until his 70th birthday, and he rarely visited his general practitioner.
- Teti rowed on the national team for over a decade before becoming coach at Princeton University for nine years.
- He was also involved in rowing for many years and had few equals in that sport especially when he rowed in the Bluebird in the late sixties and early seventies.
- Some clearly rowed their hardest races to reach the finals and were unable to repeat the effort in the final.
- He used to row with Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club and still rows competitively with the Royal Chester Rowing Club.
- DeFrantz rowed for the United States at the 1976 Olympics winning bronze in the women's eight.
- Polymeros described the chemistry that has existed between the two of them ever since they rowed together as club rowers.
- Gillett, 29, took up competitive cycling in 2000, having rowed for Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
- Sonia is the first kiwi competing on the first full day of competition in Athens, rowing in her single sculls heat around early Saturday evening.
- Neither of the teams have rowed before but each boat has three experienced rowers to help them.
- They will be rowing in the lightweight coxless four team which finished in the top ten of the World Cup final in Lucerne, Switzerland.
- It was the very first time that I ever rowed in a competitive event.
- During the tour participants would rotate so that each day they rowed with a different crew.
- Kelly rowed to gold in this event as a junior last year and as stroke today she was moving the boat at a solid 32 strokes per minute.
noun rəʊroʊ A spell of rowing. 划船时间；划船路程 Example sentencesExamples - The two friends had gone for a light row and were turning the double scull boat opposite the boat slip at the Rowing Club when Kieran became suddenly ill.
- I got up at 6 and went for a row.
- In the women's senior coxed fours, the girls from the school gave a good account of themselves with a well-drilled row to beat Whitby Friendship Rowing Club easily.
Phrasal VerbsReverse an earlier decision or previously held opinion; backtrack. he rowed back on his comments the following day if the government attempts to row back from its commitments, disaster will result Example sentencesExamples - He has rowed back on criticism he made of the manner in which orthodontic assessment clinics are held in Sligo.
- At a hastily arranged briefing in Brussels, the document's authors appeared to row back.
- He subsequently tried to row back on his very public remarks to the Los Angeles Times, which still can be read on their website.
- The group appears to have rowed back on its plans to open an outlet in Ireland.
- There can be no rowing back on that commitment.
- Afterwards, in the BBC's Green Room, she apparently rowed back on the threats issued to the corporation.
- Police forces, rather than wanting to row back from the controversy surrounding the use of DNA evidence, increasingly rely on the technique.
- Yesterday he seemed to be rowing back from his previous night's attacks on capitalist greed.
- The Minister for Finance is under growing pressure from party members to row back on plans to abolish the first-time buyers grant for housebuyers.
- Having thankfully rowed back on the plan to re-introduce third level fees, he has announced a package of E42 million for educational disadvantage.
- I'm very disappointed that he is thinking of rowing back on the Children Act.
- He said: "Now is not the time to row back on our renewable energy targets."
- That is why Downing Street was forced to row back on an early reaction to the deal.
- The Government has rowed back on the Freedom of Information Act.
- Later in the week he attempted to row back.
- He has rowed back on some of the promises that once brought the progressives' loudest cheers.
- The company has now completed the U-turn in its strategy which has seen it rowing back from its grand plans to become a multinational multi-utility.
- He has welcomed its decision to row back on its plan to transmit all future sports commentaries exclusively on FM.
- The Government has rowed back on plans to extend a successful prison rehabilitation project into all jails, according to a leading criminal expert.
- Both companies have rowed back on plans for the roll-out of digital television services in Ireland.
Synonyms change one's mind, change one's opinion, go into reverse, do an about-face, do a u-turn, shift one's ground, sing a different song, have second thoughts, reconsider, climb down renege on, back down on, go back on, back out of, fail to honour, withdraw, backtrack on, row back on, take back, abandon, default on
Overtake a team in a rowing race, especially a bumping race. （在划船比赛，尤指赛艇追撞比赛中）追上；超过 Example sentencesExamples - With three minutes to go, and the race still in contention, it was a flashback to this time last year when Oxford rowed Cambridge down around the outside of the last bend.
- Again the same tactic of constant rhythm was employed and we eventually rowed them down.
- We had confidence in our abilities from our race against Leander in which we had rowed them down round the bigger Surrey bend.
Exhaust someone by rowing. 使划得筋疲力尽 both pairs finished in a distressed condition, Boardman being completely rowed out
Complete the course of a boat race with little effort, owing to the absence or inferiority of competitors. （划船比赛中由于对手缺席或水平较低而）一路领先；轻易取胜 Example sentencesExamples - The women's junior 15 coxed quad also rowed over the course without competition.
- Because they were late Waterford A went out and rowed over the course; this is normal when a crew is late or does not arrive at the Regatta start on time.
OriginOld English rōwan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus 'oar', Greek eretmon 'oar'. noun raʊraʊ British informal 1A noisy acrimonious quarrel. 〈主英〉吵嚷；激烈的争吵 they had a row and she stormed out of the house 他们激烈争吵，她怒气冲冲离开了房子。 Example sentencesExamples - The row escalated into a fight involving a group of others, and Miss Edwards was bitten by Tanner on the arm.
- Yes we still had arguments, sometimes blazing rows but knowing we were in this for the long haul we sat down and talked about it and I mean really talked.
- In a later incident, during a row, he lost control and punched her in the face.
- A motorist who went drinking after a row with his fiancée knocked down and killed a pedestrian just seconds after driving away from a violent collision.
- Golding claimed the police over-reacted and it led to a row and a scuffle.
- The police officer said that on the date in question he received a report of a row in the town square.
- Such rows usually end up with Tanya storming out of the pub and staying out until her disapproval has been duly noted.
- Scott knew about the fights and rows with Hallie that seemed to be Jesse's main concern all the time.
- The couple's noisy row drew the attention of neighbors and local officials, who explained to them the news surrounding the food scare.
- One witness who was drinking in the bar said the row started over a disagreement over politics.
- One neighbour, a teenager who did not want to be named, told how she had heard a noisy row.
- For a start, don't make things worse: avoid anger, rows, confrontation and ultimatums.
- Prosecutors allege that after a row in which insults were exchanged, Collins returned to his house in All Saints Street and returned with a knife in each hand.
- There was a row and fracas between the two women and all were thrown out.
- The couple, who claim they have never had a serious row, say their secret to a happy marriage is always listening to one another and laughing together.
- Neighbours said the couple occasionally had noisy rows and sometimes appeared aloof, but they were otherwise unremarkable.
- He said that in any home, rows and arguments were commonplace but there was a line that should not be crossed.
- Late-night rows throughout the festivities threatened to engulf innocent bystanders and shocked tourists.
- She rushed to a nearby pub to get help when the row broke out.
- Last weekend was a busy one for local police, as there were a number of serious rows in the town on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Synonyms argument, quarrel, squabble, fight, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, shouting match, exchange, war of words informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat British informal barney, slanging match, bunfight, ding-dong, bust-up British informal, Football afters North American informal rhubarb archaic broil, miff Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie French archaic tracasserie(s) - 1.1 A serious dispute.
争吵，吵架；争论 the director is at the centre of a row over policy decisions 在决策问题上主任处于争论的中心。 Example sentencesExamples - A hospital at the centre of a row after failing to diagnose two patients with cancer has received praise from independent inspectors for its cancer care.
- There have been and continue to be serious tensions and bitter rows - but all concerned have dealt with these in a very adult and professional way.
- At the centre of the row is the new dentistry contract, which is expected in the autumn.
- The bishop was at the centre of a row yesterday over a document designed to protect traditionalist Anglicans who are opposed to women priests.
- A report to the council's monthly meeting yesterday said two or three more surgical appointments could be made without impacting on the two posts at the centre of the row.
- Your child will be making all her own choices as an adult soon enough, and there's no sense in huge disputes and rows if she wants to start now.
- York's archives, which detail 800 years of the city's history, have been at the centre of a relocation row.
- The woman at the centre of the health row, who is not being named, strongly denied the claim.
- A former bowling green is at the centre of a row between residents and developers over plans to put homes on it.
- There's a row brewing about a new translation of the Mass.
- He managed to end the rows and squabbles in his party and made a rather good impression in the debates.
- A promotions company at the centre of a financial row following two outdoor concerts has gone into liquidation.
- A Planning Service approval to build a multi-storey apartment block in Newry is at the centre of a blazing row.
- The organist at the centre of a long-running row at a Yorkshire church is set to leave the area and take up a new post in Germany.
- Memorial benches meant to be a lasting tribute to three friends killed in a car crash are at the centre of a row between police and the families of those killed.
- A new row has erupted over controversial plans to build ‘eyesore’ wind turbines at a Yorkshire beauty spot.
- By the weekend, however, as unheard cases were adjourned in the District Court, there was the beginning of a nervousness that the row could become serious.
- Demonstrators united in a solid show of support for a university professor at the centre of a sacking row.
- The bitter nine-month dispute began as a row with John and Anna Atwood over a shared driveway.
- Any plans to fast-track incineration projects are likely to cause a serious row in the cabinet.
- 1.2 A severe reprimand.
〈英〉严厉斥责 I always got a row if I left food on my plate 如果我的盘子剩有食物，我总是挨骂。 Example sentencesExamples - I was very angry at her and I got a row for being huffy and I got grounded for a month.
Synonyms reprimand, rebuke, reproof, admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding, remonstration, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, lecture, criticism, censure informal rap, rap over the knuckles, telling-off, slap on the wrist, flea in one's ear, dressing-down, roasting, tongue-lashing, bawling-out, caning, blast British informal ticking off, carpeting, wigging, rollicking, rocket Australian/New Zealand informal serve British vulgar slang bollocking dated rating
2A loud noise or uproar. 响声；闹声，喧嚣声 if he's at home he must have heard that row 如果他在家的话，他肯定听到了那吵闹声。 Example sentencesExamples - I would describe the sound as a horrible row, but as I'm in the band I would like to think it is hard punk!
- Then, from the other end of house, she said she heard ‘an awful row, shouting and raised voices, a real commotion’.
Synonyms din, noise, racket, clamour, uproar, tumult, hubbub, commotion, disturbance, brouhaha, ruckus, rumpus, pandemonium, babel informal ruction, hullabaloo North American informal foofaraw
verb raʊraʊ [no object]British informal 1Have a quarrel. 争吵；吵闹 they rowed about who would receive the money from the sale 他们为谁将获得销售得来的钱而争吵。 she had rowed with her boyfriend the day before 她前一天和男朋友争吵过。 Example sentencesExamples - Heather, at the wedding with her boyfriend, has rowed with her cousin Lorna, who turns her nose up at everything about Kilronan.
- Officers believe that the man was unhappy about the marriage and, having travelled from his home town, rowed with the bride before she was killed.
- The girl had been drinking wine and a cocktail that night and she was escorted from the bar by staff after rowing with a former boyfriend and pushing a waitress.
- The Mayor warned he will expel members from the chamber if they don't stop rowing.
- She rows with her auld man over his tactics and also has a go at poor Brendan whom she pours a drink over.
- You do have your differences in a band, there is no denying that, but we would never row or argue about things.
Synonyms argue, quarrel, squabble, bicker, have a row/fight, fight, fall out, disagree, fail to agree, differ, be at odds, have a misunderstanding, be at variance, have words, dispute, spar, wrangle, bandy words, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other's throats, be at loggerheads informal scrap, go at it hammer and tongs, argufy archaic altercate, chop logic Scottish archaic fratch - 1.1with object Rebuke severely.
〈英〉痛斥；责骂 she was rowed for leaving her younger brother alone 她因为没有陪着弟弟而受到责骂。
Phrases1informal Make a noise or commotion. 〈主英〉大吵大闹；发出喧闹声 people who lived near where they met used to complain about the row they made Example sentencesExamples - Later we were most of us very drunk and we went together to the Haymarket Theatre where we kicked up a row.
- The motor made such a row that it became incredibly embarrassing.
- 1.1Make a vigorous protest.
强烈抗议 I was quite comfortable—I kicked up a row out of sheer boredom Example sentencesExamples - An encore of a singer being refused, the audience made a row, refused to hear the singers still on the programme, and just went away.
- Well, I made such a row that the hotel manager did find me a quiet, air conditioned, back-of-the-hotel, fourth floor room for the last two nights of the conference.
OriginMid 18th century: of unknown origin. nounrōroʊ 1A number of people or things in a more or less straight line. （人或物的）一排，一行，一列 her villa stood in a row of similar ones 她的别墅坐落于一排相似的别墅中。 Example sentencesExamples - Later photographs of the square show a row of rickshaws lined up in the square, and horses and carriages.
- Along the street behind the gates rows of shops sell fresh produce, including unusual items such as sacks of soybeans, sea cucumbers and shark's fins for soup.
- Even though fleece doesn't ravel, the rows of stitching lines need to be sewn on the bias to achieve a good bloom.
- The walls were lined from floor to ceiling with nothing but rows and rows of books.
- Family photos cover one of the walls, straight rows of memories that seem to blend into one another.
- Spring sown crops of corn are looking promising, with their straight green rows, and potatoes are being planted as fast as everyone can manage.
- She put her school books in a neat row, making sure her books stood up straight.
- If planting strictly for cut flowers, then straight rows are the easiest to work with.
- Above ground, an amphitheater lined with seven double rows of cypress trees echoes the octagonal space below.
- Her eyes automatically went to the row of photographs lining the top shelf.
- We quietly filed in, formed rows and stood an arm's length apart.
- George went in the direction Sal indicated and opened the specified cabinet, to reveal two long shelves lined with rows of bottles.
- The desks in Jan's classroom were arranged in four orderly horizontal rows.
- The pink, caterpillar-like larvae have rows of black spots along their sides.
- In most parts of the world the vineyard is a well-defined entity, generally well demarcated by the borders of the straight rows.
- Tobias grinned again, exposing two rows of straight white teeth.
- Rows and rows of red velvet chairs lined the large room.
- There were peas, and beans, and rows of young turnips, and carrots, and parsnips, all bordered by long straight rows of wheat.
- We pulled up into a winding driveway that was lined by a row of rose bushes, all in full bloom.
- This property is on the sunny side of Fitzwilliam Terrace, a row of redbrick houses on Upper Rathmines Road.
- 1.1 A line of seats in a theater.
（戏院的）一排座位 they sat in the front row 他们坐在前排。 Example sentencesExamples - Within a week of the wedding, he was back at the theater, ensconced in his customary aisle seat in the third row.
- Wearing sunglasses and a dark suit, he found a seat in an unoccupied row.
- Her son, Rahul Gandhi, was seated in the third row behind Gandhi.
- The children seated in the first row were running around the hall dispersing the sweets to the ones who had got the answers right.
- Devon, Joannah, and Layla found a seat in the row before the last of the full theatre.
- I sat in the back of the theatre about ten rows behind them.
- Being a tall man, Paddy had requested a seat at the exit row.
- I'm seated in the third row, just forward of the semicircular bleachers that surround the stage and the rear band area.
- Four men in black uniforms, along with a plainclothed man with a large ID badge, walked past us to an aisle seat about eight rows behind me.
- I peered over the edge of the seat in front of me and looked down the rows below to see if she was still in the theater.
- Not one to miss the opportunity, he grabbed honours by occupying a seat in the first row.
- 1.2 A street with a continuous line of houses along one or both of its sides, especially when specifying houses of a particular type or function.
（常用于地名中、一侧或两侧有房屋的）街，路 Example sentencesExamples - Ever since the blast rocked four houses in the middle of a terraced row in Cecilia Street, Great Lever, two years ago, piles of rubble have remained to mark the spot.
- Amazingly, the garden has grown to be more than 60 ft-long and has crept around the side of the terraced row.
- Yesterday was the last day of the holidays for children in homes along the busy row on the Collie Road, minutes from Clonmel town.
- 1.3 A horizontal line of entries in a table.
（表格的）横线，横栏 Example sentencesExamples - In the first row of Table 2, it can be seen that six respondents earned a score of 12.
- When we typically think of the data explosion we tend to think about our databases growing by the number of rows or tables being added.
- I had lines and lines of code defining table cells and rows.
- The entries in the rows of Tables III and IV include all reported instruments that were used by multiple schools.
- In this table, the rows indicate the procedure of which the outcome is being assessed, and the columns indicate the procedure that was used to define hospital volume.
- The first two rows of Table 1 present descriptive information on this first set of indexes for the population.
- 1.4 A complete line of stitches in knitting or crochet.
（编结物或钩针织品的）一行针脚（或缝线） Example sentencesExamples - With right sides together, sew the long edges of your horizontal rows together until all four sets are sewn together.
- Insert the filler for the next row in the same manner and stitch across the channels; repeat for the two remaining pocket rows.
- Instead of starting with 38 stitches for the cuffs, I cast on 46 and increased 2 stitches every 6 rows.
- Decide how many rows of decorative stitching you want, then pleat an additional two rows.
- It will work without knitting this one extra row, but it is easier to sew it together if you do
- Dawn was stitching the last row when Tobit barged in, followed by Will.
- At this point there are six unworked stitches at each end of the row.
- When straight stitching both rows, stretch the seam equally both times.
- I added 5 extra rows on the collar in stocking stitch so that I would have a roll in the collar, which is easier to pull over the head than ribbing.
- To quilt the sashing and borders, set the machine for a serpentine stitch and stitch parallel rows down the strips.
Phrasesa hard (or tough) row to hoe A difficult task. 难办的事，棘手的事 Example sentencesExamples - When my older brother went off to college and had to manage without her cooking, it was a tough row to hoe for him.
- With a kid, there are always so many little GI Joe army boots and stray Lego pieces and art projects lying around, it's a tough row to hoe to keep things tidy.
- Even though the burden of proof is on the prosecution, the reality is that when one side presents emotional, detailed stories, the defense has a hard row to hoe.
- You have a tough row to hoe and still need to be a source of stability for your son.
- I see the film studio having a tough row to hoe with this.
- I'm beginning to get the feeling that if we had control freak parents we have a tough row to hoe when relating to others and particularly our own children.
- Real estate can be a tough row to hoe for first-time homebuyers.
- It didn't take me very long to realize that making even a modest living as an artist was a tough row to hoe!
- ‘They already have a tough row to hoe at this point, just to preserve, contain and keep their audience content,’ Maio says.
- Well, it's a long story, but to shorten it up: first-time novelists have a tough row to hoe.
1Forming a line. 成一排，成一行，成一直线 four chairs were set in a row 四张椅子摆成一排。 Example sentencesExamples - More than 20 panels are hung in a row around the gallery like segments of a long comic strip.
- Place five chairs in a row at the front of the class.
- The only people living in a row of abandoned houses marked for redevelopment have told of their living nightmare.
- By this division Thomas now came to own four houses in a row fronting Lower Street.
- Set them up in a row with about a body width between.
- 1.1informal In succession.
〈非正式〉连续地，一连串地 we get six days off in a row Example sentencesExamples - It was the Bury side's fourth win in a row, helping them pull further clear of the relegation zone.
- Export orders fell for the eighth month in a row, albeit at the slowest rate for six months.
- In previous years, the team struggled as they were forced to switch leagues for four seasons in a row.
- Going for six in a row was no mean achievement but unfortunately it was not to be.
- It is the third year in a row in which arable farmers have been hit by a combination of relatively low harvests and other penalties.
- The team won the game on Tuesday, which made that their seventh straight win in a row.
- The difficulty for Wales now is that a strange fixtures schedule sees them play three away games in a row.
- Murphy has contested the last six tournaments in a row and has no intention of stopping now.
- The issue of the bridge came up again, for the second month in a row, and again the topic was hotly debated.
- If they work six days in a row, they are also legally entitled to a weekly rest period of 45 hours.
Synonyms consecutively, one after the other, in succession
OriginOld English rāw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rij and German Reihe. verbrōroʊ [with object]1Propel (a boat) with oars. 划（船） out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy 在远处海湾里，一个小小身影正在划一只小橡皮划艇。 Example sentencesExamples - One dark night he helped row a collapsible boat carrying a dozen men half a mile out to sea in the hope of finding a ship to take them.
- We tried our hand rowing a boat on the lake which was completely riotous.
- Physical challenges included rowing the raft across a lake, taking on an assault course, with and without heavy equipment to carry, and jogging over a daytime orienteering course.
- When about 50 yards from the shore the pinnaces cast off, leaving the boats to be rowed to the beach by their naval crews, under covering fire from the warships.
- The Italian crew will row their flagship, the Disdotona, on the way back from the Henley Regatta, accompanied by two Venetian racing fours.
- The old ferryman has become so frail that he no longer rows the ferry.
- David noticed that square holes had been cut in the hull to allow oarsmen to row the ship despite the fact that it possessed a single mast with a sail.
- She rowed the boat down the waterway, her anger slowly subsiding.
- Our staff will row the rafts, cook, and provide special activities for the children.
- It is glorious weather, the waterway full of small boats, some being rowed, some under sail, when suddenly there is the sound of shouting as the peaceful afternoon is shattered.
- Gil and Marle each picked up a paddle and started rowing the boat away from the harbor.
- Sometimes, in calm seas, when the outboard stuttered and needed coaxing with frequent plug de-oilings, Angus would row the boat.
- A girl rows a raft made from banana-tree shoots in the flooded Samata, 35 km east of Guwahati, on Thursday.
- The Turkish galleys were rowed by slaves: some of the Christian ships were rowed by volunteers.
- The Orsay picture is the more finished of the two, showing five faceless men rowing their boat through a choppy sea towards a waiting ship on the horizon.
- The ferryman dies and Siddhartha is left to row the ferry himself.
- Dallas rowed the little boat up alongside the fishing rig.
- She began furiously rowing the boat to the right, trying to escape the current.
- He was unable to row the boat and couldn't steer the vessel having lost his rudder on day one of the voyage.
- Our final day was again beautifully sunny, if freezing, so we decided to row a boat around one of Donegal's many lochs.
- 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Travel by propelling a boat with oars.
划（船） we rowed down the river all day 我们整天沿河划船而下。 Example sentencesExamples - The freshmen eight rowed downstream for three and a halt miles in easy stretches and return, being coached from the launch by Coach Kennedy.
- They took the ship's boat and rowed to shore in the dead of night.
- With swift strokes, she rowed away from the dock.
- We rowed to shore on one of the smalls boats kept on ship.
- He locked the peashooter inside a metal box, rowed out to the sea in a boat, and dumped the box over the side.
- Campus staff occasionally rowed out to the lake centre in a wooden boat to spread fish food more evenly onto the lake surface.
- In the past, he spent many an hour rowing down the River Barrow.
- There was a river mouth near to the beach and we would often row up the river and set a net off one of the mangrove heads, partially blocking the tributary.
- Mr Butler rowed single-handed across the Atlantic in 2001.
- One day, Ramsay three times pushed the boat away from shore as the men rowed across from their encampment to commence work.
- As we rowed down the river I could see fish in a reed fringed bay.
- They crossed the sand bar at the mouth of the river, before rowing up river for three miles.
- They got into the boat and started rowing away from the beach.
- We lived in a boat house, so we just had to row about 5 minutes across the water to get to my school.
- He rows away from a motor boat carrying Italian guards who don't seem to take serious notice of him.
- He lashes his fishing line inside his little boat and begins to row to shore.
- Another of our employments was to row a little way off from the shore in a boat, and dive for large stones to build a wall round our master's house.
- You used to row out to your boat moored away from the shore.
- We ate some breakfast and jumped into our rafts and rowed down to the southeastern end of Otter Lake.
- And to row across the river instead of taking the bridge; it seemed unnecessarily complicated.
- The tiny boat rowed closer and closer to shore, but still outside of shouting distance.
- They rowed up to the harbor and got out of the boat.
- To others I said I rowed all the way by myself in a boat and they swallowed that as well.
- They dropped down row boats and began to row ashore.
- He was still smiling as the boat hit the water and until we had rowed so far away that he was indistinguishable from the other people still on the ship.
- Then he rows across the river, releasing more net before he turns upstream to row back in a circular route to where the leading end was released.
- Eventually, a plan is hatched by Herbert and Pip, whereby Pip and Magwitch will flee the country by rowing down the river and catching a steamer bound for Europe.
- 1.2 Convey (a passenger) in a boat by propelling it with oars.
划渡（乘客）；（用船）划送 her father was rowing her across the lake 她的父亲划船送她过湖。 Example sentencesExamples - The lack of port was a problem for the little township - supplies and passengers had to be rowed by boat through the rolling surf - often struggling wet and miserable to shore.
- The town council has in turn appealed to the seamanship of the Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets who have agreed to launch one of their boats to row the raiding party across.
- I went out to a swamp and sat in the middle of a canoe while George and Stephen rowed me.
- Back then, muscly oarsmen would row paying passengers across Southampton Water, a journey well capable of taking an hour or more.
- On his retirement in 1992, CDRE McKay was rowed across the lake in a Navy dinghy.
- Charlie and Barb rowed me into shore, toured the island and visited the cave.
- 1.3no object Engage in the sport of rowing, especially competitively.
参加划船赛；当赛船划手 他参加了英格兰队的赛船。 Example sentencesExamples - He was a fit man, apart from fairly well controlled hypertension, who had been rowing competitively until his 70th birthday, and he rarely visited his general practitioner.
- During the tour participants would rotate so that each day they rowed with a different crew.
- He was also involved in rowing for many years and had few equals in that sport especially when he rowed in the Bluebird in the late sixties and early seventies.
- They will be rowing in the lightweight coxless four team which finished in the top ten of the World Cup final in Lucerne, Switzerland.
- Some clearly rowed their hardest races to reach the finals and were unable to repeat the effort in the final.
- DeFrantz rowed for the United States at the 1976 Olympics winning bronze in the women's eight.
- It was the very first time that I ever rowed in a competitive event.
- Neither of the teams have rowed before but each boat has three experienced rowers to help them.
- He used to row with Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club and still rows competitively with the Royal Chester Rowing Club.
- Sonia is the first kiwi competing on the first full day of competition in Athens, rowing in her single sculls heat around early Saturday evening.
- Teti rowed on the national team for over a decade before becoming coach at Princeton University for nine years.
- He will be rowing with Matthew Pinsent in the coxless pairs.
- Kelly rowed to gold in this event as a junior last year and as stroke today she was moving the boat at a solid 32 strokes per minute.
- Cracknell, who rowed in Britain's coxless four triumph at the last Olympic Games in Sydney, said the win was even sweeter after the ups and downs the boat had endured this season.
- Polymeros described the chemistry that has existed between the two of them ever since they rowed together as club rowers.
- Gillett, 29, took up competitive cycling in 2000, having rowed for Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
nounrōroʊ A period of rowing. 划船时间；划船路程 Example sentencesExamples - I got up at 6 and went for a row.
- The two friends had gone for a light row and were turning the double scull boat opposite the boat slip at the Rowing Club when Kieran became suddenly ill.
- In the women's senior coxed fours, the girls from the school gave a good account of themselves with a well-drilled row to beat Whitby Friendship Rowing Club easily.
Phrasal VerbsReverse an earlier decision or previously held opinion; backtrack. he rowed back on his comments the following day if the government attempts to row back from its commitments, disaster will result Example sentencesExamples - Yesterday he seemed to be rowing back from his previous night's attacks on capitalist greed.
- The Minister for Finance is under growing pressure from party members to row back on plans to abolish the first-time buyers grant for housebuyers.
- Both companies have rowed back on plans for the roll-out of digital television services in Ireland.
- There can be no rowing back on that commitment.
- He has rowed back on some of the promises that once brought the progressives' loudest cheers.
- He said: "Now is not the time to row back on our renewable energy targets."
- Later in the week he attempted to row back.
- He subsequently tried to row back on his very public remarks to the Los Angeles Times, which still can be read on their website.
- The company has now completed the U-turn in its strategy which has seen it rowing back from its grand plans to become a multinational multi-utility.
- That is why Downing Street was forced to row back on an early reaction to the deal.
- He has welcomed its decision to row back on its plan to transmit all future sports commentaries exclusively on FM.
- The Government has rowed back on plans to extend a successful prison rehabilitation project into all jails, according to a leading criminal expert.
- I'm very disappointed that he is thinking of rowing back on the Children Act.
- Afterwards, in the BBC's Green Room, she apparently rowed back on the threats issued to the corporation.
- The group appears to have rowed back on its plans to open an outlet in Ireland.
- At a hastily arranged briefing in Brussels, the document's authors appeared to row back.
- Police forces, rather than wanting to row back from the controversy surrounding the use of DNA evidence, increasingly rely on the technique.
- Having thankfully rowed back on the plan to re-introduce third level fees, he has announced a package of E42 million for educational disadvantage.
- The Government has rowed back on the Freedom of Information Act.
- He has rowed back on criticism he made of the manner in which orthodontic assessment clinics are held in Sligo.
Synonyms change one's mind, change one's opinion, go into reverse, do an about-face, do a u-turn, shift one's ground, sing a different song, have second thoughts, reconsider, climb down renege on, back down on, go back on, back out of, fail to honour, withdraw, backtrack on, row back on, take back, abandon, default on
OriginOld English rōwan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar’, Greek eretmon ‘oar’. nounraʊrou British informal 1A noisy acrimonious quarrel. 〈主英〉吵嚷；激烈的争吵 they had a row and she stormed out of the house 他们激烈争吵，她怒气冲冲离开了房子。 Example sentencesExamples - There was a row and fracas between the two women and all were thrown out.
- She rushed to a nearby pub to get help when the row broke out.
- One witness who was drinking in the bar said the row started over a disagreement over politics.
- The police officer said that on the date in question he received a report of a row in the town square.
- Such rows usually end up with Tanya storming out of the pub and staying out until her disapproval has been duly noted.
- Neighbours said the couple occasionally had noisy rows and sometimes appeared aloof, but they were otherwise unremarkable.
- Prosecutors allege that after a row in which insults were exchanged, Collins returned to his house in All Saints Street and returned with a knife in each hand.
- In a later incident, during a row, he lost control and punched her in the face.
- For a start, don't make things worse: avoid anger, rows, confrontation and ultimatums.
- Late-night rows throughout the festivities threatened to engulf innocent bystanders and shocked tourists.
- The couple's noisy row drew the attention of neighbors and local officials, who explained to them the news surrounding the food scare.
- The couple, who claim they have never had a serious row, say their secret to a happy marriage is always listening to one another and laughing together.
- One neighbour, a teenager who did not want to be named, told how she had heard a noisy row.
- Last weekend was a busy one for local police, as there were a number of serious rows in the town on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
- The row escalated into a fight involving a group of others, and Miss Edwards was bitten by Tanner on the arm.
- Scott knew about the fights and rows with Hallie that seemed to be Jesse's main concern all the time.
- He said that in any home, rows and arguments were commonplace but there was a line that should not be crossed.
- Golding claimed the police over-reacted and it led to a row and a scuffle.
- Yes we still had arguments, sometimes blazing rows but knowing we were in this for the long haul we sat down and talked about it and I mean really talked.
- A motorist who went drinking after a row with his fiancée knocked down and killed a pedestrian just seconds after driving away from a violent collision.
Synonyms argument, quarrel, squabble, fight, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute, disputation, contention, clash, altercation, shouting match, exchange, war of words - 1.1 A serious dispute.
争吵，吵架；争论 the director is at the center of a row over policy decisions 在决策问题上主任处于争论的中心。 Example sentencesExamples - A hospital at the centre of a row after failing to diagnose two patients with cancer has received praise from independent inspectors for its cancer care.
- At the centre of the row is the new dentistry contract, which is expected in the autumn.
- York's archives, which detail 800 years of the city's history, have been at the centre of a relocation row.
- The woman at the centre of the health row, who is not being named, strongly denied the claim.
- Demonstrators united in a solid show of support for a university professor at the centre of a sacking row.
- Any plans to fast-track incineration projects are likely to cause a serious row in the cabinet.
- A former bowling green is at the centre of a row between residents and developers over plans to put homes on it.
- There's a row brewing about a new translation of the Mass.
- There have been and continue to be serious tensions and bitter rows - but all concerned have dealt with these in a very adult and professional way.
- By the weekend, however, as unheard cases were adjourned in the District Court, there was the beginning of a nervousness that the row could become serious.
- The organist at the centre of a long-running row at a Yorkshire church is set to leave the area and take up a new post in Germany.
- A report to the council's monthly meeting yesterday said two or three more surgical appointments could be made without impacting on the two posts at the centre of the row.
- He managed to end the rows and squabbles in his party and made a rather good impression in the debates.
- A Planning Service approval to build a multi-storey apartment block in Newry is at the centre of a blazing row.
- The bishop was at the centre of a row yesterday over a document designed to protect traditionalist Anglicans who are opposed to women priests.
- Memorial benches meant to be a lasting tribute to three friends killed in a car crash are at the centre of a row between police and the families of those killed.
- A promotions company at the centre of a financial row following two outdoor concerts has gone into liquidation.
- A new row has erupted over controversial plans to build ‘eyesore’ wind turbines at a Yorkshire beauty spot.
- Your child will be making all her own choices as an adult soon enough, and there's no sense in huge disputes and rows if she wants to start now.
- The bitter nine-month dispute began as a row with John and Anna Atwood over a shared driveway.
- 1.2 A loud noise or uproar.
响声；闹声，喧嚣声 if he's at home he must have heard that row 如果他在家的话，他肯定听到了那吵闹声。 Example sentencesExamples - Then, from the other end of house, she said she heard ‘an awful row, shouting and raised voices, a real commotion’.
- I would describe the sound as a horrible row, but as I'm in the band I would like to think it is hard punk!
Synonyms din, noise, racket, clamour, uproar, tumult, hubbub, commotion, disturbance, brouhaha, ruckus, rumpus, pandemonium, babel
verbraʊrou [no object]British informal Have a quarrel. 争吵；吵闹 they rowed about who would receive the money from the sale 他们为谁将获得销售得来的钱而争吵。 Example sentencesExamples - You do have your differences in a band, there is no denying that, but we would never row or argue about things.
- The Mayor warned he will expel members from the chamber if they don't stop rowing.
- Officers believe that the man was unhappy about the marriage and, having travelled from his home town, rowed with the bride before she was killed.
- She rows with her auld man over his tactics and also has a go at poor Brendan whom she pours a drink over.
- The girl had been drinking wine and a cocktail that night and she was escorted from the bar by staff after rowing with a former boyfriend and pushing a waitress.
- Heather, at the wedding with her boyfriend, has rowed with her cousin Lorna, who turns her nose up at everything about Kilronan.
Synonyms argue, quarrel, squabble, bicker, have a fight, have a row, fight, fall out, disagree, fail to agree, differ, be at odds, have a misunderstanding, be at variance, have words, dispute, spar, wrangle, bandy words, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other's throats, be at loggerheads
Phrases1informal Make a noise or commotion. 〈主英〉大吵大闹；发出喧闹声 Example sentencesExamples - The motor made such a row that it became incredibly embarrassing.
- Later we were most of us very drunk and we went together to the Haymarket Theatre where we kicked up a row.
- 1.1Make a vigorous protest.
强烈抗议 Example sentencesExamples - Well, I made such a row that the hotel manager did find me a quiet, air conditioned, back-of-the-hotel, fourth floor room for the last two nights of the conference.
- An encore of a singer being refused, the audience made a row, refused to hear the singers still on the programme, and just went away.
OriginMid 18th century: of unknown origin. |