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an area of land, and the buildings on it, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals 农场 
a 200-hectare farm 一个 200 公顷的农场 a dairy farm 奶牛场 an organic farm 有机农场 a pig/sheep/poultry farm 猪/羊/家禽农场 He runs the farm on his own. 他独自经营农场。 - on a farm
to live on a farm 住在农场 She works on the family farm. 她在家庭农场工作。 - at a farm
At harvest time they helped out at the farm. 收获季节，他们在农场帮忙。 a farm worker/labourer 农场工人 farm animals 农场牲畜 farm buildings/machinery 农场建筑物；农业机械 farm income/subsidies 农场收入/补贴 - (North American English)
a farm family 农场家庭
Collocations FarmingFarming 农场经营 Growing food and raising animals 种植粮食和饲养动物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
给…施撒粪肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
损害／毁坏／损失农作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
Modern farming 现代农场经营 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
资助／投资基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加粮食产量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／减少农业补贴 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
Extra ExamplesTopics Farminga1During the war, few men were left to work the farm. 战争期间，几乎没有男人留在农场干活儿。 Farm incomes rose 11% last year. 去年农业收入上升了 11%。 Farm produce, including fruit and corn, was their principal export. 农产品，包括水果和谷类，是他们的主要出口物。 He had lived on that farm all his life. 他一生都生活在那个农场里。 I was raised on a country farm. 我是在乡下的农场长大的。 Local farm supply stores are expected to lose business. 预计当地农产品供应店的生意可能会减少。 Republicans hope to pass the farm bill in the current fiscal year. 共和党人希望在本财政年度通过这一农场议案。 She lives on the next farm. 她住在旁边的农场。 Ten model farms have been set up to showcase modern production methods. 已建成了 10 座示范农场来展示现代化的生产方式。 The 80-acre farm now operates around the clock. 这个占地 80 英亩的农场一天 24 小时都在运作。 The EU has decided to cut farm subsidies. 欧盟已决定削减农业补贴。 The area combines a working farm and a farming museum. 这个地区既是农场又是一个农业博物馆。 The children had to work on the family farm. 孩子们得在家里的农场干活儿。 The farm economy was stable. 农业经济很稳定。 The farm lies on the hills above the lake. 农场位于湖边的小山上。 The farmer's wife runs the farm shop. 农场主的妻子经营着这家农场商店。 The myth of happy and contented animals down on the farm is now far from the truth. 动物在农场里快乐、满足地生活的神话已经与真实情况相去甚远。 The police are investigating a fire at a farm near Whitby. 警方正在调查发生在惠特比附近农庄的一起火灾。 Today, the farm sector employs about 3% of our workforce. 目前，农业口雇了约 3% 的劳动力。 We anticipate our overall farm production next year to be lower. 我们预计明年的农业总产量会降低。 a dairy farm producing gourmet cheeses 生产美味奶酪的奶牛场 a farm growing tobacco 种植烟草的农场 a poor farm family 一个贫困的农民家庭 an Illinois farm town 伊利诺伊州的一个农场小镇 farm products such as eggs and vegetables 鸡蛋、蔬菜等农产品 the EU farm policy 欧盟农业政策 the US farm program for wheat 美国的小麦生产农业计划 the rolling farm country of central Kentucky 肯塔基州中部连绵起伏的农业地带 village and farm life 乡村和农场生活 Many farm workers face low wages and poor working conditions. 很多农场工人收入低，工作条件差。 The two disused farm buildings have stood empty since we took over the farm ten years ago. 自从十年前我们接管农场以来，这两座废弃的农场建筑一直空着。
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the main house on a farm, where the farmer lives 农舍 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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(especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 a place where particular fish or animals are kept in order to produce young 养殖场；饲养场 a trout/mink farm 鳟鱼/貂养殖场
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see also battery farm, collective farm, dairy, factory farm, fish farm, funny farm, health farm, server farm, sewage farm, solar farm, truck farm, wind farm, wine farm
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ferme, from medieval Latin firma ‘fixed payment’, from Latin firmare ‘fix, settle’ (in medieval Latin ‘contract for’), from firmus ‘constant, firm’; compare with firm (noun). The noun originally denoted a fixed annual amount payable as rent or tax; which later gave rise to ‘to subcontract’ (farm somebody/something out to somebody. ). The noun came to denote ‘a lease’, and, in the early 16th cent., ‘land leased for farming’.
Idioms
bet the farm/ranch on something
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to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc. 赌上全部身家 The company bet the farm on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn’t successful. 公司把全部身家都赌在了新的营销模式上，结果却并不成功。
buy back the farm
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to get back a country's assets, such as land or property, after they have been owned by another country 农场： 在归另一国所有之后，取回一国的资产，例如土地或财产The prime minister revealed his plan to buy back the farm from foreign ownership. 首相透露了他从外国手中买回农场的计划。
buy the farm
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to die 死；死亡
sell off the farm
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to sell a country's assets, such as land or property, to foreign owners 死；死亡 The government is happy to keep selling off the farm. 政府乐于继续出售农场。