farm 1 S2 W2 / fɑm $ fɑrm / 名词 [可数名词]

1 an area of land used for growing crops or keeping animals :

a 300-hectare farm

farm workers

farm animals

Joe had worked on the farm all his life.

a pig/dairy/cattle etc farm

He runs a pig farm in Lincolnshire. ► Say on a farm not ‘in a farm’.

2 the main house on a farm where the farmer lives

→ factory farm at factory farming , → fish farm , funny farm

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + farm

a 300-hectare/400-acre etc farm He bought a 300-hectare farm in Shropshire.

a pig/sheep/cattle farm A pig farm in Dorset is the suspected source of the epidemic.

a dairy farm (= a farm that has cows and produces milk ) Checks are made on milk from local dairy farms.

an arable farm (= a farm where crops are grown ) Tractors represent the single biggest cost on most arable farms.

a fruit farm He lives on a fruit farm and helps to pick apples.

an organic farm (= a farm where artificial chemicals are not used ) Organic farms can be as productive as industrial farming.

a factory farm (= one in which animals are kept inside, in small spaces, and made to grow or produce eggs very quickly ) Pigs in factory farms are fed a mixture of grains and proteins.

farm + NOUN

a farm worker We rely on migrant farm workers to pick the crop.

a farm labourer British English , a farm laborer American English The cottages were built for the farm labourers.

a farm building The farmhouse is separated by hedges from other farm buildings.

farm animals It is used mainly for feeding farm animals.

farm machinery In the field, there was a tractor and some other farm machinery.

farm produce Moldova provides Russia with large quantities of farm produce.

动词

work on a farm I used to work on a farm when I was younger.

live on a farm She lives on a farm in Wiltshire.

manage/run a farm He manages a large dairy farm.

own/have a farm The family owned a small farm in Suffolk.

grow something on a farm They grew wheat and barley on their farm.

THESAURUS

farm an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals : a 300-hectare farm | a dairy farm | a sheep farm

ranch a very large farm in the western US, Canada, or South America where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred : a cattle ranch in Wyoming

smallholding British English a piece of land used for farming, that is smaller than an ordinary farm : a smallholding used for organic farming

plantation a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown : a rubber plantation | a tea plantation

homestead a piece of land for farming that was given to people in the past by the US and Canadian governments : He still farms on the family homestead, a hundred years after his grandfather received it.

spread American English informal an area of land used for farming or ranching : They have a pretty big spread just south of the Canadian border.

market garden an area of land, often with greenhouse s on it, used for growing vegetables and fruit : He runs his own market garden, and sells his produce to the big supermarkets.

orchard an area of land with trees, used for growing fruit : an apple orchard | cherry orchards

allotment British English a small area of land of land, especially in a town or city, which you can use for growing your own vegetables.The land is usually owned by the local council, who charge a very low rent : We grew the tomatoes on our allotment.

agriculture the practice of farming : More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.

arable 形容词 relating to growing crops : a lack of arable land