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an area of land, and the buildings on it, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals 農場 
a 200-hectare farm 一個 200 公頃的農場 a dairy farm 奶牛場 an organic farm 有機農場 a pig/sheep/poultry farm 豬/羊/家禽農場 He runs the farm on his own. 他獨自經營農場。 - on a farm
to live on a farm 住在農場 She works on the family farm. 她在家庭農場工作。 - at a farm
At harvest time they helped out at the farm. 收獲季節，他們在農場幫忙。 a farm worker/labourer 農場工人 farm animals 農場牲畜 farm buildings/machinery 農場建築物；農業機械 farm income/subsidies 農場收入/補貼 - (North American English)
a farm family 農場家庭
Collocations FarmingFarming 農場經營 Growing food and raising animals 種植糧食和飼養動物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植樹；播種；種莊稼；種植葡萄樹；種大麥 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
種植／生産玉米／小麥／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播種／收獲谷粒／農作物／莊稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
給…施撒糞肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／澆灌／污染莊稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
損害／毀壞／損失農作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／漿果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
壓榨／晾幹／發酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麥 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
飼養雞／家禽／牛／豬 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
飼養／喂養／放養家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工貯藏／用鹽腌制肉
Modern farming 現代農場經營 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
從事集約型（生豬／漁業）養殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化學／有機）肥料／殺蟲劑 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
開始／進行轉基因作物的田間試驗 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
種植／研發轉基因作物／種子／植物／糧食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
資助／投資基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加糧食産量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面臨／遭受／緩解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
給含有轉基因生物的食品貼標簽 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／減少農業補貼 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反對工廠化養殖／轉基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促進／鼓勵／支持有機／可持續農耕
Extra ExamplesTopics Farminga1During the war, few men were left to work the farm. 戰爭期間，幾乎沒有男人留在農場幹活兒。 Farm incomes rose 11% last year. 去年農業收入上升了 11%。 Farm produce, including fruit and corn, was their principal export. 農産品，包括水果和谷類，是他們的主要出口物。 He had lived on that farm all his life. 他一生都生活在那個農場裏。 I was raised on a country farm. 我是在鄉下的農場長大的。 Local farm supply stores are expected to lose business. 預計當地農産品供應店的生意可能會減少。 Republicans hope to pass the farm bill in the current fiscal year. 共和黨人希望在本財政年度通過這一農場議案。 She lives on the next farm. 她住在旁邊的農場。 Ten model farms have been set up to showcase modern production methods. 已建成了 10 座示範農場來展示現代化的生産方式。 The 80-acre farm now operates around the clock. 這個佔地 80 英畝的農場一天 24 小時都在運作。 The EU has decided to cut farm subsidies. 歐盟已決定削減農業補貼。 The area combines a working farm and a farming museum. 這個地區既是農場又是一個農業博物館。 The children had to work on the family farm. 孩子們得在家裏的農場幹活兒。 The farm economy was stable. 農業經濟很穩定。 The farm lies on the hills above the lake. 農場位於湖邊的小山上。 The farmer's wife runs the farm shop. 農場主的妻子經營着這家農場商店。 The myth of happy and contented animals down on the farm is now far from the truth. 動物在農場裏快樂、滿足地生活的神話已經與真實情況相去甚遠。 The police are investigating a fire at a farm near Whitby. 警方正在調查發生在惠特比附近農莊的一起火災。 Today, the farm sector employs about 3% of our workforce. 目前，農業口僱了約 3% 的勞動力。 We anticipate our overall farm production next year to be lower. 我們預計明年的農業總産量會降低。 a dairy farm producing gourmet cheeses 生産美味奶酪的奶牛場 a farm growing tobacco 種植煙草的農場 a poor farm family 一個貧困的農民家庭 an Illinois farm town 伊利諾伊州的一個農場小鎮 farm products such as eggs and vegetables 雞蛋、蔬菜等農産品 the EU farm policy 歐盟農業政策 the US farm program for wheat 美國的小麥生産農業計劃 the rolling farm country of central Kentucky 肯塔基州中部連綿起伏的農業地帶 village and farm life 鄉村和農場生活 Many farm workers face low wages and poor working conditions. 很多農場工人收入低，工作條件差。 The two disused farm buildings have stood empty since we took over the farm ten years ago. 自從十年前我們接管農場以來，這兩座廢棄的農場建築一直空着。
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the main house on a farm, where the farmer lives 農舍 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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(especially in compounds 尤用於構成複合詞 a place where particular fish or animals are kept in order to produce young 養殖場；飼養場 a trout/mink farm 鳟魚/貂養殖場
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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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. 賭上全部身家 The company bet the farm on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn’t successful. 公司把全部身家都賭在了新的營銷模式上，結果卻並不成功。
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 農場： 在歸另一國所有之後，取回一國的資産，例如土地或財産The prime minister revealed his plan to buy back the farm from foreign ownership. 首相透露了他從外國手中買回農場的計劃。
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. 政府樂於繼續出售農場。