ranch
英 [rɑːn(t)ʃ]
美 [ræntʃ]
- n. 大農場；大牧場
- vi. 經營牧場；在牧場工作
- vt. 經營牧場；在牧場飼養…
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、範圍、幅度 => 在射程或範圍內徘徊、漫遊 => 放牧場(在一個大的區域、範圍類遊蕩)。
3. rank => range, arrange, ranch.
中文詞源
ranch 農場來自美式西班牙語 rancho,農場，農莊，來自西班牙語 rancho,一起吃飯的人，來自古法語 ranger, 紮寨，安營，安置，來自 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.
雙語例句
- 1. They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store.
- 他們不得不在農場商店以高價購買所有東西。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He left his Montana ranch to his spinster sister.
- 他把他在蒙大拿州的大牧場留給了他未婚的妹妹.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.
- 該牧場位於一個遼闊高原的中部.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He went to work on a ranch.
- 他去一個大農場幹活.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The ranch castrated three - fourths of its male calves.
- 牧場把 四分之三 的小公牛都閹割了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》