farm
noun/fɑːm/
/fɑːrm/
Idioms 
enlarge imagean area of land, and the buildings on it, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals农场 - a 200-hectare farm
一个 200 公顷的农场 - a dairy farm
奶牛场 - an organic farm
有机农场 - a pig/sheep/poultry farm
猪／羊／家禽养殖场 - He runs the farm on his own.
他独自经营农场。 - on a farm to live on a farm
在农场居住 - She works on the family farm.
她在家庭农场工作。 - at a farm At harvest time they helped out at the farm.
收获季节，他们到农场帮忙。 - a farm worker/labourer
农场工人 - farm animals
农场动物 - farm buildings/machinery
农场建筑物；农业机械 - farm income/subsidies
农场收入/补贴 - (North American English) a farm family
一个农场家庭
Collocations FarmingFarmingGrowing food and raising animals- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
Wordfinder- arable
- barn
- crop
- cultivate
- dairy
- fallow
- farm
- graze
- livestock
- tractor
Extra ExamplesTopics Farminga1- During the war, few men were left to work the farm.
战争期间，几乎没有男人留在农场干活儿。 - Farm incomes rose 11% last year.
去年农业收入上升了 11%。 - Farm produce, including fruit and corn, was their principal export.
农产品，包括水果和谷类，是他们的主要出口物。 - He had lived on that farm all his life.
他一生都生活在那个农场里。 - I was raised on a country farm.
我是在乡下的农场长大的。 - Local farm supply stores are expected to lose business.
预计当地农产品供应店的生意可能会减少。 - Republicans hope to pass the farm bill in the current fiscal year.
共和党人希望在本财政年度通过这一农场议案。 - She lives on the next farm.
她住在旁边的农场。 - Ten model farms have been set up to showcase modern production methods.
已建成了 10 座示范农场来展示现代化的生产方式。 - The 80-acre farm now operates around the clock.
这个占地 80 英亩的农场一天 24 小时都在运作。 - The EU has decided to cut farm subsidies.
欧盟已决定削减农业补贴。 - The area combines a working farm and a farming museum.
这个地区既是农场又是一个农业博物馆。 - The children had to work on the family farm.
孩子们得在家里的农场干活儿。 - The farm economy was stable.
农业经济很稳定。 - The farm lies on the hills above the lake.
农场位于湖边的小山上。 - The farmer's wife runs the farm shop.
农场主的妻子经营着这家农场商店。 - The myth of happy and contented animals down on the farm is now far from the truth.
动物在农场里快乐、满足地生活的神话已经与真实情况相去甚远。 - The police are investigating a fire at a farm near Whitby.
警方正在调查发生在惠特比附近农庄的一起火灾。 - Today, the farm sector employs about 3% of our workforce.
目前，农业口雇了约 3% 的劳动力。 - We anticipate our overall farm production next year to be lower.
我们预计明年的农业总产量会降低。 - a dairy farm producing gourmet cheeses
生产美味奶酪的奶牛场 - a farm growing tobacco
种植烟草的农场 - a poor farm family
一个贫困的农民家庭 - an Illinois farm town
伊利诺伊州的一个农场小镇 - farm products such as eggs and vegetables
鸡蛋、蔬菜等农产品 - the EU farm policy
欧盟农业政策 - the US farm program for wheat
美国的小麦生产农业计划 - the rolling farm country of central Kentucky
肯塔基州中部连绵起伏的农业地带 - village and farm life
乡村和农场生活 - Many farm workers face low wages and poor working conditions.
很多农场工人收入低，工作条件差。 - The two disused farm buildings have stood empty since we took over the farm ten years ago.
自从十年前我们接管农场以来，两栋废弃的农舍就一直空着。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- little
- …
- have
- own
- manage
- …
- be located
- lie
- grow something
- …
- produce
- product
- animal
- …
- at a/the farm
- down on the farm
- on a/the farm
- …
- a 200-hectare farm
- (also farmhouse)the main house on a farm, where the farmer lives
农场住宅，农舍（农场主的住房） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- little
- …
- have
- own
- manage
- …
- be located
- lie
- grow something
- …
- produce
- product
- animal
- …
- at a/the farm
- down on the farm
- on a/the farm
- …
- (especially in compounds) a place where particular fish or animals are kept in order to produce young
养殖场；饲养场 - a trout/mink farm
鳟鱼养殖场；水貂饲养场
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- little
- …
- have
- own
- manage
- …
- be located
- lie
- grow something
- …
- produce
- product
- animal
- …
- at a/the farm
- down on the farm
- on a/the farm
- …
see also battery farm, collective farm, dairy, factory farm, fish farm, funny farm, health farm, server farm, sewage farm, solar farm, troll farm, truck farm, wind farm, wine farm - a trout/mink farm
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ferme, from medieval Latin firma ‘fixed payment’, from Latin firmare ‘fix, settle’ (in medieval Latin ‘contract for’), from firmus ‘constant, firm’; compare with firm (noun). The noun originally denoted a fixed annual amount payable as rent or tax; which later gave rise to ‘to subcontract’ (farm somebody/something out to somebody. ). The noun came to denote ‘a lease’, and, in the early 16th cent., ‘land leased for farming’.
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.
buy back the farm
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) to get back a country's assets, such as land or property, after they have been owned by another country
农场：在归另一国所有之后，取回一国的资产，例如土地或财产 - The prime minister revealed his plan to buy back the farm from foreign ownership.
总理透露了他从外资手中回购农场的计划。
- The prime minister revealed his plan to buy back the farm from foreign ownership.
buy the farm
- (North American English, informal) to die
长逝；走向人生终点
sell off the farm
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) to sell a country's assets, such as land or property, to foreign owners
死；死亡 - The government is happy to keep selling off the farm.
政府很高兴继续出售农场。
- The government is happy to keep selling off the farm.