ranch
noun/rɑːntʃ/
/ræntʃ/
Idioms - a large farm, especially in North America or Australia, where cows, horses, sheep, etc. are bred (= kept in order to produce young)
（尤指北美或澳大利亚的）牧场，大农场 - a cattle/sheep ranch
牧牛场；牧羊场 - ranch hands (= the people who work on a ranch)
牧场工人
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRanch is used before these nouns:- dressing
- home
- house
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Spanish rancho ‘group of persons eating together’. - a cattle/sheep ranch
Idioms
bet the farm/ranch on something
- (North American English, informal) to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc.
赌上全部身家 - The company bet the farm on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn’t successful.
公司把全部身家都赌在了新的营销模式上，结果却并不成功。
- The company bet the farm on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn’t successful.
bet the ranch/farm on something
- (North American English, informal) to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc.
赌上全部身家 - The company bet the ranch on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn't successful.
该公司把整个牧场的赌注押在了新的营销模式上，却发现它并不成功。
- The company bet the ranch on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn't successful.