rancher 牧場主；牧民 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

1.名詞B1

釋義

牧場主；牧民

在大型農場飼養牲畜的人或經營者

a person whose job involves raising cattle, horses, or sheep on a large farm in a rural area; or someone who owns that type of farm

例句

Diego has worked as a rancher in Texas for thirty years, managing five hundred cattle.

Diego 在德州當了三十年的牧場主人，管理五百頭牛。

countable noun: a rancher

The Okafor family now work as ranchers raising goats and sheep for wool.

Okafor 一家現在以牧場為業，飼養山羊和綿羊以取得羊毛。

plural: ranchers; work as ranchers

同義詞

cattleman
more specific — refers strictly to someone who raises cattle, not other livestock; less common in modern use
stockman
used mainly in Australia and New Zealand for someone who looks after livestock on a large farm

Frequently used with a preceding noun that names the type of animal raised (e.g. cattle rancher, sheep rancher).

❌He is a farmer who works on a large piece of land' (too vague — the specific activity of raising livestock is missing).

✅He is a rancher who raises cattle on a large farm in the countryside.

💡a rancher's work specifically centres on livestock, not crops.

rancher