ranch
英 [rɑ?n(t)?]
美 [r?nt?]
- n. 大農(nóng)場(chǎng)；大牧場(chǎng)
- vi. 經(jīng)營(yíng)牧場(chǎng)；在牧場(chǎng)工作
- vt. 經(jīng)營(yíng)牧場(chǎng)；在牧場(chǎng)飼養(yǎng)…
助記提示
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、范圍、幅度 => 在射程或范圍內(nèi)徘徊、漫游 => 放牧場(chǎng)(在一個(gè)大的區(qū)域、范圍類游蕩)。
3. rank => range, arrange, ranch.
中文詞源
ranch 農(nóng)場(chǎng)來(lái)自美式西班牙語(yǔ) rancho,農(nóng)場(chǎng)，農(nóng)莊，來(lái)自西班牙語(yǔ) rancho,一起吃飯的人，來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) ranger, 扎寨，安營(yíng)，安置，來(lái)自 rang,排列，布置，詞源同 range,rank.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store.
- 他們不得不在農(nóng)場(chǎng)商店以高價(jià)購(gòu)買所有東西。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
- 他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧場(chǎng)留給了他未婚的妹妹.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.
- 該牧場(chǎng)位于一個(gè)遼闊高原的中部.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. He went to work on a ranch.
- 他去一個(gè)大農(nóng)場(chǎng)干活.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. The ranch castrated three - fourths of its male calves.
- 牧場(chǎng)把 四分之三 的小公牛都閹割了.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》