farm

[fɑ:m]

n.农场, 农田
v.务农

n.[C]

1. 农场; 饲养场; 畜牧场

He works on a farm.

他在一个农场工作。

2. 农庄住宅; 农家

vt.

1. 耕作

He farms 500 acres.

他耕种五百英亩地。

2. 种植; 养殖

It is profitable to farm shellfish.

养殖贝类有利可图。

3. 佃出(土地)[(+out)]

vi.

种田, 务农; 经营农场; 从事畜牧业

My parents used to farm for a living.

我父母亲过去以务农为生。

词形变化

动词过去式: farmed | 动词过去分词: farmed | 动词现在分词: farming | 动词第三人称单数: farms |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.耕作; 种植; 养殖

cultivate  grow  raise  ranch

vt.租出

hire  let  rent  lease  charter

n.农场; 饲养场; 畜牧场

plantation  ranch  homestead  

同义参见:

plough  culture  

英英释义

名词 farm:

workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

动词 farm:

be a farmer; work as a farmer

collect fees or profits

cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

同义词：grow, raise, produce

短语词组

farm out

1. 包出; 将……包给别人

We had too much work to do, so we farmed some out.

我们要做的事太多了, 因此包出一些给别人。

补充

farmfarm英:[fɑ:m] 美:[fɑrm]n.1.农田, 农场; 饲养场He lives on a farm.他在农场里住。vt. & vi.1.耕作, 经营农场He is farming in Africa.他在非洲经营农场。He farmed in the south for many years.他曾在南方务农多年。They should farm the land instead of letting it lie waste.他们应当在这块地里种庄稼, 不要让它荒了。

例句

1. The Watson family has run an organic dairy farm since 1987.沃森一家自1987年以来经营着一个有机奶牛场。 2. Both boys liked to work on the farm.两个小伙子都喜欢在农场工作。 3. There are just five commercial apple farms left in the whole southwest.在整个西南地区只剩下五个商业性苹果种植场。 4. Wildlife experts caught the reptile and took it to a crocodile farm.野生生物专家捕获了这只爬行动物并将它送进了鳄鱼养殖场。 5. the oil storage farm at Thameshaven泰晤士港的石油存储装置 6. farm workers can't afford to laze about in bed.农场工人是不能懒洋洋地躺在床上的。 7. A farm building has been converted into seven luxury apartments.一幢农舍被改建成了七套奢华公寓。 8. For the poor, carts, seed, and farm equipment would be purchased.对于穷人来说, 大车、种子和农用设备都要购买。 9. There was a drop in demand for American farm products.对美国农产品的需求下降了。 10. farm subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy共同农业政策下对农场的补贴 11. They farmed some of the best land in Scotland.他们耕种着苏格兰最好的一些土地。 12. The Goodriches have been farming sheep for six generations.古德里奇家六代都是养羊的。 13. They sold off the dairy herds and started farming beef cattle.他们把奶牛廉价卖掉后开始饲养肉牛。 14. I farm free-range poultry close to the M6.我在6号高速公路附近饲养散养的家禽。 15. Aquascot is farming salmon organically.阿奎斯科特正在养殖有机鲑鱼。 16. He has lived and farmed in the area for 46 years.他在这个地区务农, 已有46年了。 17. to farm 200 acres耕种200英亩土地 18. to farm out the bill collecting包出收款 19. The estate was broken up and farmed.该土地被分租出去。 20. a county that farms its poor承包穷人生活费用的县 21. He is farming in China.他在中国务农。 22. a half-timbered farm.一座露明木架的农舍。 23. a fish farm.养鱼场。 24. an energy farm.动力供给场。 25. he has farmed organically for five years.他采用有机种植已有五年。 26. it saves time and money to farm out some writing work to specialized companies.有些书写工作外包给专门公司做，既省时，又省钱。 27. the customs had been farmed to the collector for a fixed sum.在收取一笔固定款项后，关税已包给收税员征收。 28. farm buildings/workers/animals农场建筑物╱工人╱禽畜 29. She farms 200 acres.她耕种200英亩土地。 30. She grew up on a dairy farm.她在一个奶牛场长大。 31. Running a farm is hard work.经营农场是件苦差事。 32. a vegetable farm蔬菜农场 33. a fish farm养鱼场 34. an oyster farm牡蛎养殖场 35. My uncle has been farming this land for 60 years.我叔叔已经在这块土地上耕种了60年了 36. farm 200 acres耕种200英亩土地 37. My uncle has been farming on this land for 60 years.我叔叔已经在这块土地上耕种了60年了。 38. The company decided to farm out the job of upgrading their Web site.那家公司决定把公司网站升级的工作转包出去。