a large farm, especially in North America or Australia, where cows, horses, sheep, etc. are bred (= kept in order to produce young) （尤指北美或澳大利亚的）牧场，大农场 a cattle/sheep ranch 牧牛场；牧羊场 ranch hands (= the people who work on a ranch) 牧场工人
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRanch is used before these nouns:- dressing
- home
- house
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Spanish rancho ‘group of persons eating together’.
Idioms
bet the farm/ranch on something
- (North American English, informal)
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。
bet the ranch/farm on something
- (North American English, informal)
to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc. 赌上全部身家 The company bet the ranch on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn't successful. 公司把牧场押在新的营销模式上，结果发现并不成功。