plantation

/plɑːnˈteɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · [plˌæntˈeʃən] /plænˈteɪʃn/ (ame, ipa) · [plˌæntˈeʃən] /plan-ˈtā-shən/ (ame, mw)

plantation — noun

  • plantationsingular
  • plantationsplural

1. a very large farm where one main crop, such as sugar, tea, or coffee, is grown t

1.名詞B2
釋義

a very large farm where one main crop, such as sugar, tea, or coffee, is grown to be sold, often in warm parts of the world.

例句

The tea plantation covers the hills above the small Sri Lankan town.

collocation: tea plantation

In 1850, many workers lived beside the cotton plantation.

historical context: cotton plantation

同義詞
  • farm

    the broad everyday word and not necessarily large or focused on one crop

  • estate

    often sounds more formal or historical and stresses the large property

  • orchard

    only fits land growing fruit or nut trees, so it is much narrower

文法句型

tea / sugar / coffee plantation

work on a plantation

live on a plantation

用法筆記

Often used for very large single-crop estates such as sugar, tea, coffee, or cotton farms, especially in historical writing about colonial settings. Older history books may also use plantation for a settlement established in new territory, but that meaning is outside the main modern learner sense here.

常見錯誤

❌My uncle has a small chicken plantation.
✅My uncle has a small chicken farm.
💡a plantation is usually a very large place for crops, not a small farm or a place for animals.

2. land used to grow trees in an organized way so they can later be cut for wood.

2.名詞C1
釋義

land used to grow trees in an organized way so they can later be cut for wood.

例句

Pine trees on the plantation are cut down every twenty years.

collocation: pine plantation

After the storm, workers cleared broken branches from the plantation road.

同義詞
  • tree farm

    a plainer modern term, especially in North American English

  • forest plantation

    a near-equivalent technical term for planted forest land

  • timberland

    broader and can include natural woodland, not only planted trees

反義詞
  • natural forest

    land where the trees grew naturally rather than being planted as a managed crop

文法句型

pine / tree plantation

plantation for wood production

trees on a plantation

用法筆記

Usually names land that people planted and manage for wood production, not a natural forest. Often modified by a tree name such as pine; distinguish from sense 1, where the planted crop is something like sugar, tea, or coffee.

常見錯誤

❌The village is next to a natural plantation.
✅The village is next to a natural forest.' / 'The village is next to a pine plantation.
💡a plantation is planted and managed by people, not simply any area of trees.