pastures
pastures — 名詞
- pasturessingular
- pasturesesplural
1. an area of open land where grass grows so that cattle, sheep, and other farm ani
牧場；牧草地
長滿草、用來放養牲畜的土地
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.
那位農夫每天清晨把乳牛帶到牧場。
After a long winter, the green pastures were finally ready for the sheep to graze.
漫長的冬天過後，那片翠綠的牧草地終於可以讓羊群吃草了。
often plural: green pastures
Joaquín bought ten acres of pasture to keep his horses and goats.
Joaquín 買了十英畝的牧場來養他的馬和山羊。
The soil in this pasture is too rocky to grow anything except wild grass.
這片牧草地的土壤石頭太多，除了野草什麼也長不出來。
- 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 — 動詞
- 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
吃草
動物在牧場上吃草
(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.
那群羊整個下午都靜靜地在山坡上吃草。
Yumi watched the goats pasture among the wildflowers near the old barn.
Yumi 看著山羊在舊穀倉附近的野花叢中吃草。
intransitive: animals + pasture + location
When the dry season came, the cattle could no longer pasture on the scorched land.
乾季來臨時，牛群再也無法在那片焦枯的土地上吃草了。
The horses were pasturing freely in the meadow behind the stable.
那些馬正在馬廄後方的草地上自由自在地吃草。
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
放牧
把牲畜趕到牧場吃草
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.
Tanvi 每年春天雨季過後都會把她的羊放到自家的農場上吃草。
The rancher decided to pasture the cattle on the greener fields across the river.
牧場主人決定把牛群放到河對岸那片更翠綠的草地上吃草。
transitive: pasture + animal + location
Chidi pastures his goats on rented land because his own fields are too small.
Chidi 把山羊放到租來的土地上吃草，因為他自己的田地太小了。
During the summer months the horses are pastured in the high mountain meadows.
夏季期間，那些馬被放到高山草原上吃草。
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.