ranch

英 [rɑ?n(t)?] 美[r?nt?]
  • n. 大農(nóng)場;大牧場
  • vi. 經(jīng)營牧場;在牧場工作
  • vt. 經(jīng)營牧場;在牧場飼養(yǎng)…

CET6+TEM4TOEFLCET6低頻詞常用詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?ranches;

助記提示


1. rangier "set in a row, place in a row, arrange, get into line," from rang "row, line" => rank.
2. rank => range ( "row, line" => "row, line or position than a gun can send a bullet" => "distance a gun can send a bullet" => 射程、范圍、幅度 => 在射程或范圍內(nèi)徘徊、漫游 => 放牧場(在一個(gè)大的區(qū)域、范圍類游蕩)。
3. rank => range, arrange, ranch.

中文詞源


ranch 農(nóng)場

來自美式西班牙語 rancho,農(nóng)場,農(nóng)莊,來自西班牙語 rancho,一起吃飯的人,來自古法語 ranger, 扎寨,安營,安置,來自 rang,排列,布置,詞源同 range,rank.

英文詞源


ranch (n.)
1808, "country house," from American Spanish rancho "small farm, group of farm huts," from Spanish rancho "mess-room," originally, "group of people who eat together," from ranchear "to lodge or station," from Old French ranger "install in position," from rang "row, line" (see rank (n.)).

Sense of "large stock-farm and herding establishment" is from 1831. Of houses, "single-story, split-level" (adj.) from 1950; as a noun from 1960. Ranch-house attested from 1862.
ranch (v.)
1866, from ranch (n.). Related: Ranched; ranching.

雙語例句


1. They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store.
他們不得不在農(nóng)場商店以高價(jià)購買所有東西。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧場留給了他未婚的妹妹.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.
該牧場位于一個(gè)遼闊高原的中部.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He went to work on a ranch.
他去一個(gè)大農(nóng)場干活.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The ranch castrated three - fourths of its male calves.
牧場把 四分之三 的小公牛都閹割了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》