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farm

英 [fɑːm] 美[fɑrm]

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近义词homestead plantation ranch

vi. 种田，务农；经营农场
n. 农场；农家；畜牧场
vt. 养殖；耕种；佃出（土地）

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复数: farms;第三人称单数: farms;过去式: farmed;过去分词: farmed;现在分词: farming;

中文词源

farm 农场，农庄

词源有争议。可能来自拉丁语firma, 固定付款，固定收租。而词义过渡到农场或农庄本身是较新的引申义。更多参照farmer.

英英释意

1. workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit;: "it takes several people to work the farm"

英文词源

farm: farm: [13] The specifically agricultural connotations of farm are surprisingly recent. The word comes ultimately from Latin firmāre ‘make firm, fix’, which produced a medieval Latin derived noun firma, denoting ‘fixed payment’. English acquired the word via Old French ferme, and originally used it in just this sense (‘I will each of them all have 4d to drink when they pay their farm’, Bury Wills 1463); something of this early sense is preserved in the verbal usage farm out, which to begin with signified ‘rent out’.

By the 16th century the noun was shifting semantically from ‘fixed (rental) payment’ to ‘land leased for such payment, for the purpose of cultivation’, but only very gradually did the notion of a farm being specifically a leased piece of land die out.
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farm (n.): c. 1300, "fixed payment (usually in exchange for taxes collected, etc.), fixed rent," from Old French ferme "a rent, lease" (13c.), from Medieval Latin firma "fixed payment," from Latin firmare "to fix, settle, confirm, strengthen," from firmus "firm" (see firm (adj.)).

Sense of "tract of leased land" is first recorded early 14c.; that of "cultivated land" (leased or not) is 1520s. A word of confused history, but there is agreement that "the purely agricultural sense is comparatively modern" [Century Dictionary]. There is a set of Old English words that appear to be related in sound and sense; if these, too, are from Latin it would be a very early borrowing. Some books strenuously defend a theory that the Anglo-Saxon words are original (perhaps related to feorh "life").

Phrase buy the farm "die in battle," is at least from World War II, perhaps a cynical reference to the draftee's dream of getting out of the war and going home, in many cases to a peaceful farmstead. But fetch the farm is prisoner slang from at least 1879 for "get sent to the infirmary," with reference to the better diet and lighter duties there.
farm (v.): mid-15c., "to rent (land)," from Anglo-French fermer, from ferme "a rent, lease" (see farm (n.)). The agricultural sense is from 1719. Original sense is retained in to farm out.

考试真题

They are produced on excellent organic farms.

That part of Brazil is very dry and farming is often difficult there.

She was interested in farming

The report focused on poor urban areas, where farms in or near cities supply relatively inexpensive food.

It will make the farm produce less competitive on the market.

But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through unregulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slash-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling ( ' , 大量消耗) transport.

But frequently untreated human waste harvested from lavatories is delivered to farms and spread as fertilizer.

Inefficient harvesting, inadequate local transportation and poor infrastructure (基础设施)mean that produce is frequently handled inappropriately and stored under unsuitable farm site conditions.

Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer expectations, will often reject entire crops of perfectly edible fruit and vegetables at the farm because they do not meet exacting marketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance

Energy to power machinery, both on the farm and in the storage and processing facilities, adds to the energy total, which currently represents about 3.1% of annual global energy consumption.

In mature, fully developed countries such as the UK, more-efficient farming practices and better transport, storage and processing facilities ensure that a larger proportion of the food produced reaches markets and consumers.

Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use

However, a further increase in farming area without impacting unfavourably on what remains of the world's natural ecosystems appears unlikely.

A further expansion of farming area will adversely impact on the world's natural ecosystems

Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use.

Yet until recently the worst forecasts were almost exclusively linked to direct human activity, such as clear-cutting and burning for pastures or farms.

rain forests should not be converted into pastures or farms

Immigrants provide cheap labor, lower the prices of everything from farm produce to new homes, and leave consumers with a little more money in their pockets.

Inventer and physicist, the son of a farm worker.

It is estimated that 25% of all methane that released into the atmosphere coming from farm animals.

Then, we've changes in farming and in land ownership.

Denver and Ruby are two of the 34 therapy horses, brought in from a local farm.

Early indications are that Smith will have no shortage of farm members.

Ever since humanity began to farm our own food, we've faced the unpredictable rain that is both friend and enemy.

Future farms will likely experience a greater deal of autonomy as robots take up more and more farm work efficiently.

his first partnership was with Paul and Phyllis Amburgh, owners of the Dharma Lea farm in New York.

If the farm is well managed and has enough land, and the desire to convert is sincere, a relationship can begin.

The national average farm size is around 440 acres, but his is only one acre.

There's a lot about Leo Sanchez and his farm in Salinas, California.

Through regular regional educational meetings, a large annual meeting, individual farm visits and thousands of phone calls, the Amburghs pass on the principles of pasture management.

After he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family.

Another challenge for more than a million of the most qualified farm workers and managers is a non-existent path to citizenship.

Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn't touch the price per pound offered by California farms.

Competition between small and big farms is fierce.

Daily life was marked by farming, sheep raising and wool production.

He owned a farm, which looked almost abandoned.

In another restaurant, all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.

It enables small-scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour—a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by hand—suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California.

Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.

Now it occurred to him that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

On the last day of our week-long stay, we were invited to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the north shore under the stars, listening to musicians and meeting interesting locals.

There are solutions that could light a path toward a more sustainable and fair farm economy, but farmers can't clumsily put them together before us.

With a new farm bill to be debated in congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers.

Perry incorrectly suggested, on the basis of inadequate information, that farming, pottery making, and metallurgy all originated in ancient Egypt and diffused throughout the world.

Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the honeydew they produce when they feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield.

The complaints are unlikely to stop without an overhaul of immigration rules for farm workers.

Today's farm laborers, while still predominantly born in Mexico, are more likely to be settled rather than migrating and more likely to be married than single.

workers won't be returning to the farm.

词组搭配

farm out

To send (work, for example) from a central point to be done elsewhere.

租出：将（如工作）由中心点送出其它地方去做

&I{Baseball} To assign (a player) to a minor-league team.

&I{【棒球】} 分派：将（一名队员）分派到小联合会俱乐部队

实用场景例句

a 200-hectare farm: 一个200公顷的农场

a farm worker/labourer: 农场工人

farm buildings/machinery: 农场建筑物；农业机械

to live/work on a farm: 在农场居住 / 工作

a trout/mink/pig farm: 鳟鱼养殖场；水貂饲养场；养猪场

The family has farmed in Kent for over two hundred years.: 这个家族在肯特务农两百多年了。

They farm dairy cattle.: 他们饲养奶牛。

He farmed 200 acres of prime arable land.: 他耕种了200英亩良田。

organically farmed produce: 有机种植农产品

The company farms out a lot of work to freelancers.: 这家公司把大量工作包给了个体人员。

They farmed some of the best land in Scotland...: 他们耕种着苏格兰最好的一部分土地。

He has lived and farmed in the area for 46 years.: 他已在此地生活耕作了 46 年。

...trout fresh from a local trout farm.: 刚刚从当地鲑鱼养殖场捕捞的新鲜鲑鱼

Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.: 法国的农场比美国甚至是英国的农场都要小很多。

Good standing takes users easy; price makes users gratified and excellent after - sales service reassures users.: 产品信誉让用户放心, 价格让您称心,售后服务让您安心.

All local farmers protested against building the new airport on their farm land.: 当地农民抗议在他们的农田上建新飞机场.

In those remote mountains people used to farm by the slash and burn method.: 那个偏僻山区,过去是刀耕火种.

The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products.: 集市上农副产品非常丰富.

The farm woman's hands were rough with hand work.: 这个农妇常干粗活,手很粗糙.

He has twenty head of cattle on the farm.: 他在农场养了20头牛.

All these have helped raise farm yields steadily.: 所有这些都有助于农业产量的稳步提高.

His father ran a farm in Northwestern United States.: 他父亲在美国西北部经营一个农场.

A lot of farm tools are piled in the storehouse.: 库房里堆放着许多农具.

He hired out as a farm worker.: 他外出当农工.

They bartered farm products for machinery.: 他们用农产品交换机器.

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