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farm

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Related topics: Agriculture
farm1 /fɑːm $ fɑːrm/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]  
1  TAan area of land used for growing crops or keeping animals 农场；养殖场
 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。
Say on a farm not ‘in a farm’.
说 on a farm 不要说 ‘in a farm’.
2. TAthe main house on a farm where the farmer lives 农场住宅，农舍
→ factory farm at factory farming, fish farm, funny farm
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + farm
a 300-hectare/400-acre etc farm
He bought a 300-hectare farm in Shropshire.
a pig/sheep/cattle farm
A pig farm in Dorset is the suspected source of the epidemic.
a dairy farm (=a farm that has cows and produces milk)
Checks are made on milk from local dairy farms.
an arable farm (=a farm where crops are grown)
Tractors represent the single biggest cost on most arable farms.
a fruit farm
He lives on a fruit farm and helps to pick apples.
an organic farm (=a farm where artificial chemicals are not used)
Organic farms can be as productive as industrial farming.
a factory farm (=one in which animals are kept inside, in small spaces, and made to grow or produce eggs very quickly )
Pigs in factory farms are fed a mixture of grains and proteins.
farm + NOUN
a farm worker
We rely on migrant farm workers to pick the crop.
a farm labourer British EnglishBrE, a farm laborer American EnglishAmE
The cottages were built for the farm labourers.
a farm building
The farmhouse is separated by hedges from other farm buildings.
farm animals
It is used mainly for feeding farm animals.
farm machinery
In the field, there was a tractor and some other farm machinery.
farm produce
Moldova provides Russia with large quantities of farm produce.
verbs
work on a farm
I used to work on a farm when I was younger.
live on a farm
She lives on a farm in Wiltshire.
manage/run a farm
He manages a large dairy farm.
own/have a farm
The family owned a small farm in Suffolk.
grow something on a farm
They grew wheat and barley on their farm.
n THESAURUS
farm an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals
a 300-hectare farm
a dairy farm
a sheep farm
ranch a very large farm in the western US, Canada, or South America where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred
a cattle ranch in Wyoming
smallholding British EnglishBrE a piece of land used for farming, that is smaller than an ordinary farm
a smallholding used for organic farming
plantation a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown
a rubber plantation
a tea plantation
homestead a piece of land for farming that was given to people in the past by the US and Canadian governments
He still farms on the family homestead, a hundred years after his grandfather received it.
spread American EnglishAmE informal an area of land used for farming or ranching
They have a pretty big spread just south of the Canadian border.
market garden an area of land, often with greenhouses on it, used for growing vegetables and fruit
He runs his own market garden, and sells his produce to the big supermarkets.
orchard an area of land with trees, used for growing fruit
an apple orchard
cherry orchards
allotment British EnglishBrE a small area of land of land, especially in a town or city, which you can use for growing your own vegetables.The land is usually owned by the local council, who charge a very low rent
We grew the tomatoes on our allotment.
agriculture the practice of farming
More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.
arable adjectiveadj relating to growing crops
a lack of arable land
Examples from the Corpus
farm• a farm in southern Alberta• Instead of killing these families, they decided to construct an ant farm for them.• After a while Bathsheba said goodnight to her farm workers, and closed the sitting-room door and windows.• It was the equivalent of the labor of migrant farm laborers.• In other words, it is compensation for assets financed from the farm overheads.• Get an insight into life on the farm past and present.• Any herbs that are added are also organically produced on the farm.
a pig/dairy/cattle etc farm• In 1915 the farm was taken over by Fauchons who ran it as a dairy farm.• He turned the beef holding into a dairy farm and soon began expanding by leasing other dairy farms all over Ireland.• With Marjorie, she rented a tiny cottage at the edge of a dairy farm in Dorset, Vermont.
Related topics: Agriculture
farm2 ●●○ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]  
1  TAto use land for growing crops or keeping animals 种（田）；养殖
 The family has farmed here for generations.
这家人世代在此务农。
 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。
2. 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
Examples from the Corpus
farmed salmon/fish/rabbits etc• The documentary Warning from the Wild-the Price of Salmon looked at levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins in farmed salmon.• Though perfectly and classically cooked, the one I sampled had the muddy, acrid flavor of farmed fish.• As a result, commercially farmed rabbits are available, both for meat and hair; the angora is an example.• The practice also raises questions about the quality of farmed fish, says Pauly.
3 farm somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v 
a) RESPONSIBLEto send work to other people instead of doing it yourself 将〔工作〕外包
to
 The processing will be farmed out to people in local villages.
加工活将外包给当地的村民。
b) to send someone to a different place where they will be looked after – used to show disapproval 把〔某人〕寄养在外〔含贬义〕
to
 At the age of 16 she was farmed out to family friends.
16岁时，她被委托给她家的朋友照看。
Examples from the Corpus
farm out• A hundred people came, sometimes more, and usually I farmed Janir out for the night.• We could always farm things out to freelances.• He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move.• Many farms were let out to royal clerks and lay servants - another aspect of crown patronage.
farm to• We could always farm things out to freelances.• He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move.• Many farms were let out to royal clerks and lay servants - another aspect of crown patronage.
farm to• We could always farm things out to freelances.• He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move.• Many farms were let out to royal clerks and lay servants - another aspect of crown patronage.
Examples from the Corpus
farm• My family has farmed here since 1901.• Foreshadowing yet another Communist practice, he formed colonies of soldiers to farm virgin areas.
From Longman Business Dictionary
farmfarm1 /fɑːmfɑːrm/ noun [countableC]
1FARMINGan area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals as a business
a 3000-hectare maize farm
Farm exports account for 70% of New Zealand’s exports.
a dairy farm (=one producing milk and milk products)
→ co-operative farm → truck farm
2FARMINGa place where particular fish or animals are bred as a business
a trout farm
a mink farm
→ see also cube farm
farmfarm2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
FARMINGto use land for growing crops, keeping animals etc
His family has been farming the same land for generations.
organically farmed produce
→ farm something → out
Origin farm1
(1300-1400) Old French ferme “rent, lease”, from Latin firmus “firm, fixed”
farm1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1farm2 verb
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