新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

farm

英  [fɑːm]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • farms

    1[C 可数名词] 农场

    A farm is an area of land, together with the buildings on it, that is used for growing crops or raising animals, usually in order to sell them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.

    法国的农场比美国甚至英国的都小得多。

    2[C 可数名词] 养殖场

    A mink farm or a fish farm, for example, is a place where a particular kind of animal or fish is bred and kept in large quantities in order to be sold.

    双语例句

    例:

    trout fresh from a local trout farm.

    来自当地一家鲑鱼养殖场的新鲜鲑鱼。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • farm out

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 外包(工作、活计等) , 寄养(孩子)

    If you farm out something that is your responsibility, you send it to other people for them to deal with or look after.

    双语例句

    例:

    Scores of U.S. companies farm out software development.

    许多美国公司外包软件开发。

    例:

    She may have farmed the child out in order to remarry.

    她为了再婚可能已经把孩子寄养出去了。

    VERB. 动词
  • farms , farming , farmed

    1[I 不及物动词] 耕种 , 养殖

    If you farm an area of land, you grow crops or keep animals on it.

    双语例句

    例:

    They farmed some of the best land in the country.

    他们耕种着该国最好的一些土地。

    例:

    Bease has been farming for 30 years.

    比斯经营农场已有30年。

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