pastures
pastures — noun
- pasturessingular
- pasturesesplural
1. an area of open land where grass grows so that cattle, sheep, and other farm ani
an area of open land where grass grows so that cattle, sheep, and other farm animals can feed on it
The farmer led the cows to the pasture at sunrise every morning.
After a long winter, the green pastures were finally ready for the sheep to graze.
often plural: green pastures
Joaquín bought ten acres of pasture to keep his horses and goats.
The soil in this pasture is too rocky to grow anything except wild grass.
- desert
dry land with little or no grass for animals
文法句型
[pasture / pastures] as area of land
用法筆記
Used as both a countable noun (a pasture / pastures) for specific fields, and an uncountable noun (pasture) for the general concept of grazing land. The plural form pastures often appears in the set phrase 'green pastures'.
常見錯誤
pastures — verb
- pasturespresent simple I / you / we / they
- pastureses3rd person singular
- pasturesing-ing form
- pasturesedpast simple
1. (of animals such as cows, sheep, or horses) to eat grass that is growing in a fi
(of animals such as cows, sheep, or horses) to eat grass that is growing in a field or open area of land
The sheep pastured quietly on the hillside all afternoon.
Yumi watched the goats pasture among the wildflowers near the old barn.
intransitive: animals + pasture + location
When the dry season came, the cattle could no longer pasture on the scorched land.
The horses were pasturing freely in the meadow behind the stable.
文法句型
animals + pasture (v.i.)
用法筆記
The subject is always an animal (or group of animals). This sense does not take a direct object. For the human-controlled action of putting animals onto pasture, use verb sense 2.
常見錯誤
2. to put farm animals into a field so that they can feed on the grass growing ther
to put farm animals into a field so that they can feed on the grass growing there, or to provide such a field for them
Tanvi pastures her sheep on the family farm every spring after the rains.
The rancher decided to pasture the cattle on the greener fields across the river.
transitive: pasture + animal + location
Chidi pastures his goats on rented land because his own fields are too small.
During the summer months the horses are pastured in the high mountain meadows.
文法句型
pasture + [animals]
用法筆記
The subject is a person (farmer, rancher, herder) who controls the animals. Frequently used in the passive voice ('The livestock are pastured on…'). Distinguish from verb sense 1 where the animals themselves are the subject.