ranching

英 [ˈrɑːntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈræntʃɪŋ]

n.  牧场经营; 农场经营

现在分词：ranching　

TOEFL

BNC.27500 / COCA.14415

牛津词典

noun

• 牧场经营；农场经营
  the activity of running a ranch
  1. cattle/sheep ranching
     牧牛 / 牧羊场的经营

柯林斯词典

• （尤指养牛、马、羊等的）农场经营，牧场经营
  Ranchingis the activity of running a large farm, especially one used for raising cattle, horses, or sheep.

英英释义

noun

• farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)

双语例句

• Spider ranching may never overtake cattle ranching, but there is at least one spider that supplies food.
  蜘蛛养殖业也许永远赶不上养牛业，但是至少有一种蜘蛛可供食用。
• He proved to be a hard worker who put in long hours every day and knew a lot about ranching.
  他很勤奋，每天长时间工作，又对畜牧的事了如指掌。
• That was when cattle farming, or ranching, became a big business in the southwestern United States.
  那时养牛业和畜牧业在美国西南部成为一个主要的行业。
• Ranching originated in South America and Mexico in early colonial times, when Spanish settlers introduced cattle and horses and tended them on the pampas.
  大牧场起源于殖民初期的美国南部和墨西哥，那时西班牙殖民者引入了牛和马，在彭巴斯草原照管它们。
• Midgley said that in parts of South Africa high levels of bush encroachment may make cattle ranching impossible without expensive mechanical intervention.
  Midgley还说，如果没有昂贵的机械干预，太多的灌木入侵可能将让南非无法兴办牧场。
• He's learned a lot about ranching since that first year when he tried to milk the horse.
  到现在，他终于学会了很多牧场上的活儿，想当初，他试着从马那里挤奶，更糟糕的是，那还是匹公马。
• The Zimbabwe-born beauty is an heiress to an African ranching and real estate fortune.
  出生在辛巴威的小美女切尔西，拥有家族在非洲的大农场和房产的继承权。
• Itinerant ranching reached its peak in the 1880s.
  1880年代，巡回大牧场达到了顶峰。
• In Kars, a northeastern Turkish province where dairy and cattle ranching dominate, one local specialty stands out for its unlikely main ingredient: lamb.
  土耳其东北部省份卡尔斯的支柱产业是奶制品和畜牧业，这里有一种特色食品因其主料脱颖而出&羊羔肉。
• The Keck Control Room is20 miles from the telescope, in the ranching town of Waimea.
  Keck的控制室坐落在离望远镜20英里的Waimea的农场小镇。