polyculture

IPA/ˈpɒl.iˌkʌl.tʃər/
IPA/ˈpɑː.liˌkʌl.tʃɚ/

polyculture — 名詞

  • polyculturesingular
  • polyculturesplural

1. A farming method where many kinds of crops or animals are raised side by side on

1.名詞C1
釋義

混合栽培

多種作物或動物一起養殖的農法

A farming method where many kinds of crops or animals are raised side by side on one piece of land, instead of growing just a single type.

例句

Mira switched to polyculture after pests destroyed her maize for two years straight.

Mira 的玉米連續兩年被害蟲毀掉後，她改為採用混合栽培。

collocation: switch to polyculture

After three failed maize harvests, Lotte turned to polyculture and now grows beans and squash between her corn rows.

連續三季玉米歉收後，Lotte 轉向混合栽培，現在在玉米行間種植豆子和南瓜。

collocation: turned to polyculture

常見搭配
  • practise polyculture
  • switch to polyculture
  • adopt polyculture
  • form of polyculture
同義詞
  • intercropping

    more specific — multiple crops grown between each other in the same field at the same time

  • mixed farming

    broader term that may include both crops and livestock together

  • companion planting

    typically smaller-scale, in gardens rather than large commercial farms

反義詞
  • monoculture

    the practice of growing only one type of crop or raising one type of animal

用法筆記

Often contrasted with monoculture, which means growing only one crop. Uncountable in this sense — you cannot say 'a polyculture' when referring to the method.

常見錯誤

They run a polyculture on their land.' (when describing the method).
They practise polyculture on their land.
Sense 1 is uncountable; use it without 'a' to name the farming method.

2. A field or farm where many different crops or animals are grown at the same time

2.名詞C1
釋義

混合栽培區

實行混合栽培的土地或產出物

A field or farm where many different crops or animals are grown at the same time, or the mixture of plants and animals raised there.

例句

The small polyculture behind the village grows rice, vegetables, and fruit trees all year.

村後那片小混合栽培區全年種植稻米、蔬菜和果樹。

countable: the polyculture as a physical place

Nicholas planted his first polyculture last spring with tomatoes, basil, and peppers.

Nicholas 去年春天種下了他的第一片混合栽培區，裡面有番茄、羅勒和甜椒。

countable: 'his first polyculture'

常見搭配
  • plant a polyculture
  • maintain a polyculture
  • a polyculture of [crops/animals]
同義詞
  • mixed farm

    a farm that raises several different crops or animals rather than specialising in one

  • multi-crop field

    a field planted with more than one type of crop at the same time

用法筆記

Countable; takes 'a' or 'the' and can be plural (polycultures). Refers to the actual piece of land or its produce, not the farming method.

常見錯誤

The farm has three polyculture.
The farm has three polycultures.
Sense 2 is countable and needs the plural form when referring to multiple areas.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • polyculture system
  • polyculture farm

介系詞搭配

  • in polyculture
  • through polyculture