arable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Land that can be cropped (i.e., land that is arable); land that is being cropped (i.e., land that is in the cropping phase of a crop rotation, currently being cropped rather than used as pasture or fallow). uncountable,usually
    — Arrangements for the drainage of this piece of arable were commenced last summer
形容词 adj.
  1. Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
    — And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land […]
  2. Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).

词形变化

more arable comparative most arable superlative arables plural

词汇关系

反义词
inarable
衍生词
nonarable

词源

词源 1
From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”).
词源 2
From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”).
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