pasture
/ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈpæstʃər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈpas-chər/ (ame, mw)
pasture — 名詞
- pasturesingular
- pasturesplural
1. open grassy land where cows, sheep, and other farm animals feed, or the grass gr
牧草地
供牛羊等吃草的草地
open grassy land where cows, sheep, and other farm animals feed, or the grass growing there for them to eat
The horses ran across the wet pasture behind the red barn.
馬群跑過紅色穀倉後面那片潮濕的牧草地。
By July, the hillside pasture was dry and full of dust.
到了七月，山坡上的牧草地已經乾了，滿是灰塵。
The farmer moved the sheep to fresh pasture after the heavy rain.
大雨過後，農夫把羊群移到新的牧草地。
A wire fence separated the pasture from the road into town.
一道鐵絲圍欄把牧草地和通往鎮上的路隔開。
Good pasture helped the cows gain weight before the autumn sale.
好的牧草地幫助牛群在秋天拍賣前增重。
- grazing land
plain descriptive phrase for land where animals feed
- meadow
grassy field, but not always meant for feeding farm animals
- range
larger open grazing area, especially in American English
- pastureland
more formal noun for this type of land
文法句型
in pasture
move animals to pasture
用法筆記
Usually used for land kept for cows, sheep, goats, or horses. For grassy land without the idea of animals feeding there, words like 'field' or 'meadow' are often more natural.
常見錯誤
pasture — 動詞
- pasturepresent simple I / you / we / they
- pastures3rd person singular
- pasturing-ing form
- pasturedpast simple
1. to feed on grass in a pasture or similar field
吃草
在草地上自行吃草
to feed on grass in a pasture or similar field
At dawn, the goats pastured beside the river near the bridge.
天一亮，山羊就在橋邊的河旁吃草。
intransitive: animals pasture somewhere
Two young horses pastured quietly while Nora fixed the broken gate.
兩匹小馬安靜地吃草時，Nora 在修壞掉的柵門。
All afternoon, the deer pastured at the edge of the apple trees.
整個下午，鹿群都在蘋果園邊上吃草。
After the storm passed, several cows were pasturing on the hill.
暴風雨過後，有幾頭牛正在山坡上吃草。
Near sunset, three lambs pastured in the sunny corner of the field.
快到日落時，三隻小羊在田地陽光充足的角落吃草。
文法句型
animals pasture somewhere
用法筆記
Subject is usually the animals themselves. In everyday English, many speakers simply use 'graze' for this meaning.
常見錯誤
2. to place animals on grassy land so that they can feed there
放牧
把牲畜放到草地吃草
to place animals on grassy land so that they can feed there
Every spring, the family pastures its cattle on the north field.
每年春天，這家人都在北邊那塊地放牧牛群。
pasture + animals + on [land]
From May to October, Rosa pastures her goats by the lake.
從五月到十月，Rosa 都在湖邊放牧她的山羊。
The farm pastured forty sheep near the old stone wall.
那座農場在舊石牆旁放牧四十隻羊。
To cut feed costs, the farmer pastured the cows on new grass.
為了減少飼料成本，農夫讓牛群在新長出的草地上放牧。
Last summer, the farmer pastured twelve calves in the lower field.
去年夏天，農夫在較低的那塊地放牧十二頭小牛。
- graze
can also be transitive, though it is more common in general English
- turn out
phrasal verb meaning release animals into a field
- put out to graze
longer farming phrase that makes the action very explicit
- stall-feed
feed animals indoors instead of letting them eat outside
文法句型
pasture animals on [land]
pasture animals by [place]
用法筆記
Object is the animals being fed. Distinguish from verb/1, where the animals pasture by themselves and no animal object follows.