ply
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they ply | |
| he / she / it plies | |
| past simple plied | |
| past participle plied | |
| -ing form plying |
- [intransitive, transitive] (literary or Indian English)
(of ships, buses, etc. 船、公共汽車等 to travel regularly along a particular route or between two particular places 定時往來；定期行駛 - + adv./prep.
Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island. 渡船定時穿越狹窄的海峽駛向海島。 The train plies twice a day between Paris and Madrid. 這列火車每天往返巴黎和馬德裏兩次。 Buses ply regularly to and from these places. 公交車定時往返於這些地方。 - ply something
canals plied by gondolas and steam boats 有小劃船和蒸汽船往來的運河 ships plying the route between Tripoli and Malta 往來於的黎波裏和馬耳他之間的船只
- + adv./prep.
- [transitive] ply something (formal)
to use a tool, especially with skill （娴熟地）使用
Word Originverb late Middle English: shortening of apply.
Idioms
ply for hire/trade/business
- (British English)
to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business 招徕顧客；等生意 taxis plying for hire outside the theatre 在劇院外招攬乘客的出租車
ply your trade
to do your work or business 從事工作；做事 This is the restaurant where he plied his trade as a cook. 這是他做廚師的那家餐廳。 Drug dealers openly plied their trade in front of children. 毒販在兒童面前公開進行交易。