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The word "farm" can be used as a noun referring to a place where crops are grown or animals are raised, or as a verb meaning to cultivate land or raise animals on it.

farm (名词): 农场;牧场;养殖场;饲养地. farm (动词): 耕种;在…上从事畜牧业.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]农场;牧场 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.
  • 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是英国的农场都要小很多。

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[VERB 动词]耕种;在…上从事畜牧业 If you farm an area of land, you grow crops or keep animals on it.
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  • They farmed some of the best land in Scotland...

    他们耕种着苏格兰最好的一部分土地。

  • He has lived and farmed in the area for 46 years.

    他已在此地生活耕作了 46 年。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]养殖场;饲养地 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.
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  • ...trout fresh from a local trout farm.

    刚刚从当地鲑鱼养殖场捕捞的新鲜鲑鱼

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Oxford farm / fɑːm ; NAmE fɑːrm /
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farm farms farmed farming
noun 1 an area of land, and the buildings on it, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals 农场 a 200-hectare farm 一个 200 公顷的农场 a farm worker/labourer 农场工人 farm buildings/machinery 农场建筑物;农业机械 to live/work on a farm 在农场居住╱工作 collocationsat
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2 the main house on a farm, where the farmer lives 农舍 3 ( especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 ) a place where particular fish or animals are bred 养殖场;饲养场 a trout/mink/pig farm 鳟鱼养殖场;水貂饲养场;养猪场 see also
battery farm
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collective farm
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dairy farm
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factory farm
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funny farm
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health farm
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truck farm
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wind farm
verb [intransitive ,  transitive ] to use land for growing crops and/or keeping animals 务农;种田;从事畜牧业 The family has farmed in Kent for over two hundred years. 这个家族在肯特务农两百多年了。 farmsth They farm dairy cattle. 他们饲养奶牛。 He farmed 200 acres of prime arable land. 他耕种了 200 英亩良田。 organically farmed produce 有机种植农产品 IDIOMsee
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PHRASAL VERBS ˌfarm sb↔ˈout (to sb) ( BrE) ( disapproving) to arrange for sb to be cared for by other people 托(别人)照看某人 ˌfarm sb/sth↔ˈout to sb to send out work for other people to do 把工作包给(某人) The company farms out a lot of work to freelancers. 这家公司把大量工作包给了个体人员。
farm / fɑːm ; NAmE fɑːrm /
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farm1 noun
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farmfarm1 /fɑːm $ fɑːrm/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]
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1an area of land used for growing crops or keeping animals:  a 300-hectare farm farm workers farm animals Joe had worked on the farm all his life.a pig/dairy/cattle etc farm He runs a pig farm in Lincolnshire.Say on a farm not ‘in a farm’.2the main house on a farm where the farmer lives factory farm
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COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + farma 300-hectare/400-acre etc farm· He bought a 300-hectare farm in Shropshire.a pig/sheep/cattle farm· A pig farm in Dorset is the suspected source of the epidemic.a dairy farm (=a farm that has cows and produces milk)· Checks are made on milk from local dairy farms.an arable farm (=a farm where crops are grown)· Tractors represent the single biggest cost on most arable farms.a fruit farm· He lives on a fruit farm and helps to pick apples.an organic farm (=a farm where artificial chemicals are not used)· Organic farms can be as productive as industrial farming.a factory farm (=one in which animals are kept inside, in small spaces, and made to grow or produce eggs very quickly)· Pigs in factory farms are fed a mixture of grains and proteins.farm + NOUNa farm worker· We rely on migrant farm workers to pick the crop.a farm labourer British English, a farm laborer American English· The cottages were built for the farm labourers.a farm building· The farmhouse is separated by hedges from other farm buildings.farm animals· It is used mainly for feeding farm animals.farm machinery· In the field, there was a tractor and some other farm machinery.farm produce· Moldova provides Russia with large quantities of farm produce.verbswork on a farm· I used to work on a farm when I was younger.live on a farm· She lives on a farm in Wiltshire.manage/run a farm· He manages a large dairy farm.own/have a farm· The family owned a small farm in Suffolk.grow something on a farm· They grew wheat and barley on their farm.THESAURUSfarm an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals: · a 300-hectare farm· a dairy farm· a sheep farmranch a very large farm in the western US, Canada, or South America where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred: · a cattle ranch in Wyomingsmallholding British English a piece of land used for farming, that is smaller than an ordinary farm: · a smallholding used for organic farmingplantation a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown: · a rubber plantation· a tea plantationhomestead a piece of land for farming that was given to people in the past by the US and Canadian governments: · He still farms on the family homestead, a hundred years after his grandfather received it.spread American English informal an area of land used for farming or ranching: · They have a pretty big spread just south of the Canadian border.market garden an area of land, often with greenhouses on it, used for growing vegetables and fruit: · He runs his own market garden, and sells his produce to the big supermarkets.orchard an area of land with trees, used for growing fruit: · an apple orchard· cherry orchardsallotment British English a small area of land of land, especially in a town or city, which you can use for growing your own vegetables.The land is usually owned by the local council, who charge a very low rent: · We grew the tomatoes on our allotment.agriculture the practice of farming: · More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.arable adjective relating to growing crops: · a lack of arable land
farm1 noun
farm2 verb
farmfarm2 ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive]
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1to use land for growing crops or keeping animals:  The family has farmed here for generations. The land has been farmed organically since 1995.2farmed salmon/fish/rabbits etc fish and animals that have been raised on farms, and not caught from the wildfarm somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1to send work to other people instead of doing it yourselffarm out to The processing will be farmed out to people in local villages.2to send someone to a different place where they will be looked after – used to show disapprovalfarm out to At the age of 16 she was farmed out to family friends.
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farm

[fɑ:m]farmed, farming, farms

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farmed[426] farming[3400] farms[3595]
农场(93%),农田(5%),务农(2%)
n.农场;农家;畜牧场
vt.养殖;耕种;佃出(土地)
vi.种田,务农;经营农场

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