ranching

英 [ˈrɑːntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈræntʃɪŋ]

n.  牧场经营; 农场经营

现在分词：ranching　

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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

• If they turned to ranching, they needed a lariat, a branding iron, and a pair of pliers.
  如果他们变成牧场，他们需要一个套索，品牌铁，及一对钳子。
• Itinerant ranching reached its peak in the 1880s.
  1880年代，巡回大牧场达到了顶峰。
• 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。
• In1909, a dapper young remittance man is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching.
  1909年，一个短小精悍的年轻侨民从英国被派驻到加拿大的艾柏塔省放牧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Cattle ranching is the single most important cause of the tearing down of rainforest in Brazil.
  在巴西，养牛是毁坏雨林的唯一最重要原因。
• MUSK DEER RANCHING AND ITS PROSPECT Progress and Problems of Farming and Ranching of the Sea
  人工养麝的研究与展望海洋农牧化的进展与问题