field1 /fiːld/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC] 1 farm 农场TADN an area of land in the country, especially one where crops are grown or animals feed on grass 田地,田野 a view of green fields and rolling hills 田野青翠、丘陵起伏的景色
corn/rice/wheat etc field working in the cotton fields 在棉花地里劳作
→4 See picture on 见图 Page A4 Country 乡间 2 subject 学科SE a subject that people study or an area of activity that they are involved in as part of their work 〔研究或工作的〕领域,范围field of her work in the field of human rights 她在人权领域的工作
Peter’s an expert in his field. 彼得是他那个行业里的专家。
He’s the best-known American outside the field of (=not connected with) politics. 他是政治领域之外最出名的美国人。
3 sport 体育运动 an area of ground where sports are played 运动场a baseball/football/cricket etc field the local soccer field 当地的足球场
on/off the field The team have had a bad year, both on and off the field. 该队这一年场内场外都不顺。
Fans cheered as the players took the field (=went onto the field). 球员上场时球迷们欢呼起来。
→5 see picture at 见图 football 4 practical work 实际工作BEC work or study that is done in the field is done in the real world rather than in a class or laboratory 现场,实地in the field His theories have not yet been tested in the field. 他的理论尚未经过实地检验。
field trials/testing/research etc 现场试验/实地研究等
→ field trip, fieldwork 5 competitors 竞争者 a) BBTall the people, companies, products etc that are competing against each other 所有互相竞争的人[公司,产品等] the field of candidates for the election 大选的全体候选人
be ahead of/lead the field (=be doing better than the others) 领先其他竞争者 Germany was leading the field with a figure of 53%. 德国以53%的数字领先于其他国家。
b) DSHall the horses or runners in a race 所有参赛马匹;全体赛跑选手 Prince led the field (=was ahead of the others) as they came around the final bend. 跑到最后一个弯道时“王子”领先。
6 magnetic/gravitational/force field SGthe area in which a natural force is felt or has an effect 磁场/引力场/力场 the Earth’s magnetic field 地球的磁场
7 coal/oil/gas field TPGa large area of land where coal, oil, or gas is found 煤田/油田/天然气田 North Sea oil fields 北海油田
8 the field (of battle) PMthe time or place where there is fighting in a war 战场,战地 The new tank has yet to be tested in the field. 这种新型坦克尚待实战检验。
medals won on the field of battle 在战场上赢得的奖章
on the field of battle• He is one of these rare men who has distinguished himself equally on the field of battle and at the bar.• Numbers on the field of battle counted for little.• Even then, only on the field of battle. 9. field of vision/view LOOK ATthe whole area that you are able to see without turning your head 视野 10. snow/ice field a large area of land covered with snow or ice 雪原/冰原 11. field of fire PMWthe area that you can hit when you shoot from a particular position 射界 12 leave the field clear for somebody to make it possible for someone to do something or to be successful at something, by not competing with them 为某人的成功让道 Josh left the company, leaving the field clear for me. 乔希为成全我离开了公司。
13 computers 计算机TD in a computer document, an amount of space made available for a particular type of information 字段,信息组 an empty field (=not yet written in) 空白字段
→ have a field day at field day, → play the field at play1(31)n COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + fielda corn/wheat/rice etc fieldIn summer the rice fields were lush and green.
an open fieldI saw a fox run across the open field.
a green fieldAll around the house were green fields and rolling hills.
an arable field (=one used for growing crops)Barley was growing in the arable fields surrounding the castle.
a cultivated field (=one with crops growing on it)The valley is an area of lush greenery and cultivated fields.
a ploughed fieldIt was difficult walking across the ploughed field.
phrasesa field of corn/wheat/rice etcThe road was surrounded by fields of corn.
verbsplough a field (=make long deep lines in the ground so that you can grow crops)The farmer was using a tractor to plough the field.
work in the fields (=do farm work)Most villagers work in the fields during the day.
cross a fieldWe crossed the field and came to the barn.
walk across a fieldI walked across the field to the gate.
cows/horses etc graze in a field (=they eat the grass growing there)Cattle were grazing in the field below.
n THESAURUSfield noun [countableC] an area of land in the country, especially one where crops are grown or animals feed on grassa wheat field
Cows were grazing in the field.
meadow noun [countableC] a field with wild grass and flowersalpine meadows
paddock noun [countableC] a small field in which horses are keptHorses are much happier in a big paddock with several other horses.
pasture noun [countableC, uncountableU] land or a field that is covered with grass and is used for cattle, sheep etc to feed onlarge areas of rough upland pasture
cow pastures