◎ 破土 pòtǔ(1) [break ground]∶开始掘地破土动工建造一座新的兵工厂(2) [start spring ploughing]∶翻松泥土,开始耕种(3) [(of a seedling) break through the soil]∶指种子出芽,钻出地面-----------------国语辞典:择日动工挖建墓穴。《儒林外史.第四回》:「其余殡仪、桌席、执事、吹打以及杂用、饭食、破土、谢风水之类,须三百多银子。」俗亦指建筑工程的开土。如:「破土典礼」。英语 to break ground, to start digging, to plough, to break through the ground (of seedling), fig. the start of a building project法语 commencer à creuser, labourer le sol, (fig.) le début d'un projet de construction