ranch

英 [rɑːntʃ]

美 [ræntʃ]

n.  牧场，大农场(尤指北美或澳大利亚的)
vt.  经营牧场; 在牧场工作经营牧场; 在牧场饲养…

复数：ranches　现在分词：ranching　过去式：ranched　第三人称单数：ranches　过去分词：ranched　

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牛津词典

noun

• 牧场，大农场（尤指北美或澳大利亚的）
  a large farm, especially in N America or Australia, where cows, horses, sheep, etc. are bred
  1. a cattle/sheep ranch
     牧牛场；牧羊场
  2. ranch hands (= the people who work on a ranch )
     牧场工人

柯林斯词典

• See also:He lives on a cattle ranch in Australia.dude ranch

英英释义

noun

• farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
  Synonym:spreadcattle ranchcattle farm

verb

• manage or run a ranch
  1. Her husband is ranching in Arizona

双语例句

• They arrive back at the ranch and stop near the burning barn.
  他们回到了农场，赶到了着火的仓库边上。
• The police surrounded the ranch where he lived.
  警方包围了他所在的农场。
• I left the ranch in a daze.
  我茫然地离开了牧场。
• He cancelled the trip to his California ranch and prepared for the state funeral.
  他取消了去加利福尼亚大农场的旅行，并筹备国葬事宜。
• Roosevelt moved to a ranch in the Dakota territory of the American West.
  罗斯福搬到了美国西部达科他州领地的一个大牧场去。
• In the following game, you have to play the ranch role of the shepherd.
  在下面的游戏中，各位要扮演的是牧场中的牧羊人角色。
• Looks like I'm going to have to let the ranch go.
  看来我是保不住这个牧场了。
• I just wanted to thank you properly for helping us save the ranch.
  我只是想感谢你帮助我们挽救了牧场。
• That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch.
  那天夜里，他写了长达七页的文章，描述了自己将来有一天能拥有一座养马场的目标。
• We're selling the big ranch house.
  我们打算把农场的房子卖了。