ranch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/    美 /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/|[ˈɹʷænt͡ʃ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock. countable,uncountable
    — There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
  2. A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States. countable,uncountable
  3. A house or property on a plot of ranch land. countable,uncountable
  4. Ranch dressing. uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching. intransitive,transitive
    — Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
  2. To work on a ranch. intransitive,transitive
    — Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.

词形变化

ranches plural ranches present,singular,third-person ranching participle,present ranched participle,past ranched past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.
词源 2
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.
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