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

• Itinerant ranching reached its peak in the 1880s.
  1880年代，巡回大牧场达到了顶峰。
• Constant logging, mining and cattle ranching are stripping the jungles clean.
  不断的伐木、采矿和放牧正在使雨林渐渐地消失。
• It was years before ranching and farming reached an ecological and political balance.
  经过了许多年，牧业和农业之间才形成了生态与政治平衡。
• Perhaps the most grotesque form of fish farming is the ranching of bluefin tuna, a delicacy that may sell for as much as$ 860 a kilo.
  也许最奇怪的养鱼场是蓝鳍金枪鱼大养殖场。蓝鳍金枪鱼做成的佳肴可以买到每公斤860美元。
• The deployment of artificial reef is the main part of marine ranching construction.
  投放人工鱼礁为海洋牧场建设的生境构建阶段。
• 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。
• Much of rural North America, up until that time, had been relegated to farming, ranching and other resource extraction activities.
  直到那时，北美的乡村被归结到农场，大牧场和其他攫取资源的行为之内。
• 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。
• They cleared large tracts of forest for farming, logging and ranching.
  他们清除了大片的森林以经营农耕、采伐与畜牧。
• 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。