free-range
/ˌfriː ˈreɪndʒ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌfriː ˈreɪndʒ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfrē-ˌrānj/ (ame, mw)
free-range — adjective
1. used for animals, meat, or eggs from farms where the animals can go outdoors ins
used for animals, meat, or eggs from farms where the animals can go outdoors instead of being shut in cages or crowded pens.
The cafe switched to free-range eggs from hens that wander outside all morning.
free-range + eggs with outdoor-living context
Jin bought free-range chicken from a farm where the birds peck outdoors.
free-range + chicken from birds kept outdoors
These free-range hens spend the afternoon scratching under the apple trees.
The label says these free-range pigs spend daylight rooting in open fields.
At the school fair, Nora sold free-range turkey raised on a nearby hillside.
- cage-free
focuses on not being kept in cages, but does not always imply outdoor access
- pasture-raised
usually suggests more time grazing outdoors on pasture, often for a stricter farming standard
- outdoor-reared
more technical and less common on everyday food packaging
- caged
kept inside a cage with little room to move
- battery-farmed
used especially for hens kept in a highly confined system
- factory-farmed
broader term for intensive industrial animal farming
文法句型
free-range + noun
be free-range
用法筆記
Most often appears before food and farming nouns such as eggs, hens, or chicken on labels and menus. Predicative use is possible when directly describing how the animals are raised.