farm
noun
verb
fɑːm
noun
1
on farm
an
area
of
land,
used
for
growing
crops
or
keeping
animals
Say
a/the
,
not
‘in
a/the
farm’.
表示“在农场”用 on，不用 in。
a
300-hectare
farm
一座 300 公顷的农场
farm
workers
农场工人
farm
animals
农场牲畜
Joe
had
worked
on
the
farm
all
his
life.
乔在农场干了一辈子。
a
pig/dairy/cattle
etc
farm
He
runs
a
pig
farm
in
Lincolnshire.
他在林肯郡经营一个养猪场。
2
the
main
house
on
a
farm
where
the
farmer
lives
农场住宅，农舍
verb
3
to
use
land
for
growing
crops
or
keeping
animals
种（田）; 养殖
The
family
has
farmed
here
for
generations.
这一家在此世代务农。
The
land
has
been
farmed
organically
since
1995.
自 1995 年以来，这块土地一直进行有机耕种。
4
farmed salmon/fish/rabbits etc
fish
and
animals
that
have
been
raised
on
farms,
and
not
caught
from
the
wild
养殖的鲑鱼/鱼/兔子等
5
to
send
work
to
other
people
instead
of
doing
it
yourself
将〔工作〕外包
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The
processing
will
be
farmed
out
to
people
in
local
villages.
加工活将外包给当地的村民。
6
to
send
someone
to
a
different
place
where
they
will
be
looked
after
–
used
to
show
disapproval
委托照看〔某人; 含贬义〕
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At
the
age
of
16
she
was
farmed
out
to
family
friends.
16 岁时，她被寄养到她家的朋友那里。