ranch

英[rɑːn(t)ʃ] 美[ræntʃ]
  • n. 大农场;大牧场
  • vi. 经营牧场;在牧场工作
  • vt. 经营牧场;在牧场饲养…

词态变化


复数: ranches;

助记提示


1. rangier "set in a row, place in a row, arrange, get into line," from rang "row, line" => rank.
2. rank => range ( "row, line" => "row, line or position than a gun can send a bullet" => "distance a gun can send a bullet" => 射程、范围、幅度 => 在射程或范围内徘徊、漫游 => 放牧场(在一个大的区域、范围类游荡)。
3. rank => range, arrange, ranch.

中文词源


ranch 农场

来自美式西班牙语 rancho,农场,农庄,来自西班牙语 rancho,一起吃饭的人,来自古法语 ranger, 扎寨,安营,安置,来自 rang,排列,布置,词源同 range,rank.

英文词源


ranch (n.)
1808, "country house," from American Spanish rancho "small farm, group of farm huts," from Spanish rancho "mess-room," originally, "group of people who eat together," from ranchear "to lodge or station," from Old French ranger "install in position," from rang "row, line" (see rank (n.)).

Sense of "large stock-farm and herding establishment" is from 1831. Of houses, "single-story, split-level" (adj.) from 1950; as a noun from 1960. Ranch-house attested from 1862.
ranch (v.)
1866, from ranch (n.). Related: Ranched; ranching.

双语例句


1. They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store.
他们不得不在农场商店以高价购买所有东西。

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2. He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧场留给了他未婚的妹妹.

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3. The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.
该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部.

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4. He went to work on a ranch.
他去一个大农场干活.

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5. The ranch castrated three - fourths of its male calves.
牧场把 四分之三 的小公牛都阉割了.

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