Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense hoes, present participle hoeing, past tense, past participle hoed
1N-COUNT 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. 锄头;(长柄)锄
2VERB 锄(地);锄(草) If you hoe a field or crop, you use a hoe on the weeds or soil there. 锄(地);锄(草)
I have to feed the chickens and hoe the potatoes. [VERB noun]
我得喂鸡,还得为马铃薯锄草。
Today he was hoeing in the vineyard. [VERB]
今天他在葡萄园里锄地。
3PHRASE [NOUN inflects]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. 处境麻烦;困难重重