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

• Itinerant ranching reached its peak in the 1880s.
  1880年代，巡回大牧场达到了顶峰。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most of Chile's agriculture is centered around the coastal low lands, but these wild open spaces make excellent ranching.
  智利的大部分农业集中在海岸的低地上，但是这篇广阔的开阔地则孕育了优质的牧场。
• 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。