Farm
[fɑːm] or [fɑrm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; 'it takes several people to work the farm'.
(verb.) collect fees or profits.
(verb.) be a farmer; work as a farmer; 'My son is farming in California'.
校對:维托--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a. & n.) The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.
(a. & n.) The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.
(a. & n.) The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.
(a. & n.) Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.
(a. & n.) A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.
(a. & n.) A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.
(v. t.) To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
(v. t.) To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes.
(v. t.) To take at a certain rent or rate.
(v. t.) To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.
(v. i.) To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.
整理:胡安妮塔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Landed estate.
v. a. [1]. Let out (land, revenues, &c.).[2]. Take on lease (land, revenues, &c.).[3]. Cultivate (land).
v. n. Till the soil, carry on a farm, do farmer's work.
艾达校對
解釋/意思:
n. land let or rented for cultivation or pasturage with the necessary buildings: (Spens.) habitation: (Shak.) a lease.—v.t. to let out as lands to a tenant: to take on lease: to grant certain rights in return for a portion of what they yield as to farm the taxes: to cultivate as land.—adj. Farm′able.—ns. Farm′-bai′liff; Farm′er one who farms or cultivates land: the tenant of a farm: one who collects taxes &c. for a certain rate per cent.:—fem. Farm′eress; Farm′ering the business of a farmer.—n.pl. Farm′ers-gen′eral the name given before the French Revolution to the members of a privileged association in France who leased the public revenues of the nation.—ns. Farm′ery the buildings of a farm; Farm′-house a house attached to a farm in which the farmer lives; Farm′ing the business of cultivating land; Farm′-lā′bourer.—n.pl. Farm′-off′ices the offices or outbuildings on a farm.—ns. Farm′stead a farm with the buildings belonging to it; Farm′-yard the yard or enclosure surrounded by the farm buildings.
編輯:尼特
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you are living on a farm, denotes that you will be fortunate in all undertakings. To dream that you are buying a farm, denotes abundant crops to the farmer, a profitable deal of some kind to the business man, and a safe voyage to travelers and sailors. If you are visiting a farm, it signifies pleasant associations. See Estate.
整理:凯蒂
例句/造句/用法:
- In those in which they take place, and are in farm, there are many local duties which do not extend beyond a particular town or district. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I got a drum and went over to the potato farm and sprinkled it on the vines with a pot. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The proprietor furnished them with the seed, cattle, and instruments of husbandry, the whole stock, in short, necessary for cultivating the farm. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- At first, the farm of the town was probably let to the burghers, in the same manner as it had been to other farmers, for a term of years only. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Ursula saw a man with a lantern come out of a farm by the railway, and cross to the dark farm-buildings. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It sounds like it, said Edmund; but which way did you turn after passing Sewell's farm? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- A silo is a place or receptacle for storing green feed to preserve it for future feeding on the farm. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Some conception of the enormous scale upon which grain is raised in the Western States may be gotten from the dimensions of the farms. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It was open for about an hour's ride, and after that it was cut across by various farms and fences. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- So the Government intends to take to itself a great portion of the revenues arising from priestly farms, factories, etc. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- You are all for outlay with your farMs. I don't want to make out that my system is good under all circumstances--under all circumstances, you know. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was one of the oldest farms in the neighbourhood, situated in a solitary, sheltered spot, inland at the junction of two hills. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- One of the farms which he held, that of Hatherley, was let to Mr. Charles McCarthy, who was also an ex-Australian. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- At that time labor was very scarce in the great central region of the country, and the farms were enormous. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The equites became, therefore, the great business men, _negotiatores_, and as _publicani_ they farmed the taxes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A tax is sometimes not only farmed for a certain rent, but the farmer has, besides, the monopoly of the commodity taxed. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I reckon 'at us manufacturing lads i' th' north is a deal more intelligent, and knaws a deal more nor th' farming folk i' th' south. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Rome in her best days placed farming in high regard. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- My father can't spare me any capital, else I might go into farming. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The ten acres of the reservation offered an excellent opportunity for truck-farming, and the versatile head of the family could not avoid trying his luck in this branch of work. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- During years of highly successful farming, during which Hutton introduced new methods in Berwickshire, he was interested in meteorology, and in geology as related to soils. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The garden and orchard alone need two or three men, and farming isn't in Bhaer's line, I take it. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- What with sheep-farming, and what with stock-farming, and what with one thing and what with t'other, we are as well to do, as well could be. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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