ranches
ranches — 名詞
- ranchessingular
- ranchesesplural
1. a huge piece of land where cows, horses, or sheep are raised, found across the A
牧場
飼養牛馬羊等牲畜的大型農地
a huge piece of land where cows, horses, or sheep are raised, found across the Americas from Canada down to Argentina
The Vargas family owns a cattle ranch in northern Argentina.
Vargas 家族在阿根廷北部擁有一座牧牛場。
collocation: cattle ranch
Jiwoo spent her summer holiday working on a horse ranch in Colorado.
Jiwoo 的暑假在科羅拉多州的一座牧馬場工作度過。
collocation: horse ranch
Wildfires destroyed several ranches in the dry hills outside Santa Fe.
野火摧毀了聖塔菲郊外乾燥山丘上的好幾座牧場。
Putri dreamed of leaving the city to run a sheep ranch in Patagonia.
Putri 夢想離開城市，到巴塔哥尼亞經營一座牧羊場。
The Kowalski ranch in Montana covers more land than the town where Châu was born.
蒙大拿州的 Kowalski 牧場，佔地比 Châu 出生的小鎮還要大。
- farm
usually smaller than a ranch and may grow crops rather than raise animals
- estate
more formal; suggests a large property that may include a grand house, not necessarily a working farm
- spread
informal American term for a ranch or very large farm
- station
Australian and New Zealand equivalent of a ranch, especially for sheep
ranches — 動詞
- ranchespresent simple I / you / we / they
- rancheses3rd person singular
- ranchesing-ing form
- ranchesedpast simple
1. to make your home on a large cattle farm and take part in the daily jobs of look
以牧場為家
以牧場為家，參與日常運作與勞動
to make your home on a large cattle farm and take part in the daily jobs of looking after the land and animals
After retiring from the army, Ilan ranched in Wyoming for twelve years.
Ilan 從軍隊退役後，在懷俄明州的牧場上生活工作了十二年。
intransitive: ranched + in + place
Nora and her husband ranched together on the high plains of eastern Oregon.
Nora 和丈夫一同在俄勒岡州東部的高原牧場上工作生活。
The Mendoza brothers have ranched in this valley since their grandfather's time.
Mendoza 兄弟從祖父那一代起就以這個山谷的牧場為家。
After two years of ranching in Idaho, Keiko sold her herd and moved back to Portland.
Keiko 在愛達荷州牧場生活了兩年後，賣掉牛群搬回了波特蘭。
- farm
broader term; includes growing crops as well as raising livestock
文法句型
ranch + in/on + place
用法筆記
Intransitive. Distinguish from verb/2 (MANAGE RANCH LAND), which takes a piece of land as its direct object, and from verb/3 (RAISE LIVESTOCK), which takes animals as its direct object.
常見錯誤
2. to be in charge of a particular stretch of grazing land, doing the work of a cat
經營牧地
擔任牧場主人管理大片放牧土地
to be in charge of a particular stretch of grazing land, doing the work of a cattle farmer on it
Omar ranches two thousand acres of grassland near the Texas border.
Omar 在德州邊界附近管理著兩千英畝的牧草地。
transitive: ranch + [amount of land]
Her family ranched that stretch of river valley for over a century.
她的家族在那片河谷地帶經營牧場已超過一個世紀。
Tariro bought the old Stevens place and now ranches the whole property.
Tariro 買下了舊 Stevens 農場，現在管理整片土地。
The Johansson family could not ranch those dry hills until the county dug the new reservoir.
Johansson 一家無法經營那片乾旱丘陵，直到郡政府挖了新水庫才有辦法。
- manage
more general; not specific to agricultural land or cattle farming
文法句型
ranch + [amount of land]
用法筆記
Transitive. The object is always a piece of land or an area of grazing ground. Distinguish from verb/3 (RAISE LIVESTOCK), where the object is the animals themselves.
常見錯誤
3. to keep and care for cattle or other livestock so they grow, on a large farm whe
牧養牲畜
在牧場上飼養牛隻等放牧動物
to keep and care for cattle or other livestock so they grow, on a large farm where the animals graze on open grassland
Daichi ranches Angus cattle on the wide pastures of northern Hokkaido.
Daichi 在北海道北部廣闊的牧場上飼養安格斯牛。
transitive: ranch + [type of animal]
The Sato family ranches bison rather than cows because the meat brings a higher price.
Sato 家族飼養野牛而非一般牛隻，因為野牛肉價格更高。
Antonia's grandfather ranched sheep on this land long before the highway was built.
Antonia 的祖父早在公路建成之前，就在這片土地上放牧綿羊。
Sunita ranches organic Angus cattle and tracks every pasture her herd moves through.
Sunita 飼養有機安格斯牛，並記錄牛群經過的每一片牧地。
文法句型
ranch + [type of animal]
用法筆記
Transitive. The object is always livestock — cattle, sheep, bison, or similar grazing animals. Distinguish from verb/2 (MANAGE RANCH LAND), where the object is the land itself.