free-range

/ˌfriː ˈreɪndʒ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌfriː ˈreɪndʒ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfrē-ˌrānj/ (ame, mw)

free-range — 形容詞

1. used for animals, meat, or eggs from farms where the animals can go outdoors ins

1.形容詞B2
釋義

放養的

可在戶外自由活動的

used for animals, meat, or eggs from farms where the animals can go outdoors instead of being shut in cages or crowded pens.

例句

The cafe switched to free-range eggs from hens that wander outside all morning.

那家咖啡館改用放養雞蛋，這些母雞整個早上都在外面走動。

free-range + eggs with outdoor-living context

Jin bought free-range chicken from a farm where the birds peck outdoors.

Jin 買了放養雞肉，這座農場的雞都在戶外啄食。

free-range + chicken from birds kept outdoors

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

❌We bought free range eggs.
✅We bought free-range eggs.
💡use the hyphen when the adjective comes before the noun.
❌The farm keeps its chickens in free-range cages.
✅The farm keeps its chickens free-range.
💡free-range contrasts with cage keeping, so it normally describes the birds or the farming system, not the cages.