In Roman times November was a month of hard work in ploughing and sowing.
在古罗马时期,11月是辛勤耕耘和播种的月份。
4PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb](土地)被开垦成耕地 If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops. (土地)被开垦成耕地
There was not one inch of soil that was not under the plough.
没有一寸土地未被开垦成耕地。
...as we put more and more wilderness under the plough.