ranching

英 [ˈrɑːntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈræntʃɪŋ]

n.  牧场经营; 农场经营

现在分词：ranching　

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BNC.27500 / COCA.14415

牛津词典

noun

• 牧场经营；农场经营
  the activity of running a ranch
  1. cattle/sheep ranching
     牧牛 / 牧羊场的经营

柯林斯词典

• （尤指养牛、马、羊等的）农场经营，牧场经营
  Ranchingis the activity of running a large farm, especially one used for raising cattle, horses, or sheep.

英英释义

noun

• farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)

双语例句

• Ranching originated in South America and Mexico in early colonial times, when Spanish settlers introduced cattle and horses and tended them on the pampas.
  大牧场起源于殖民初期的美国南部和墨西哥，那时西班牙殖民者引入了牛和马，在彭巴斯草原照管它们。
• Perhaps the most grotesque form of fish farming is the ranching of bluefin tuna, a delicacy that may sell for as much as$ 860 a kilo.
  也许最奇怪的养鱼场是蓝鳍金枪鱼大养殖场。蓝鳍金枪鱼做成的佳肴可以买到每公斤860美元。
• In Kars, a northeastern Turkish province where dairy and cattle ranching dominate, one local specialty stands out for its unlikely main ingredient: lamb.
  土耳其东北部省份卡尔斯的支柱产业是奶制品和畜牧业，这里有一种特色食品因其主料脱颖而出&羊羔肉。
• If they turned to ranching, they needed a lariat, a branding iron, and a pair of pliers.
  如果他们变成牧场，他们需要一个套索，品牌铁，及一对钳子。
• He proved to be a hard worker who put in long hours every day and knew a lot about ranching.
  他很勤奋，每天长时间工作，又对畜牧的事了如指掌。
• The Zimbabwe-born beauty is an heiress to an African ranching and real estate fortune.
  出生在辛巴威的小美女切尔西，拥有家族在非洲的大农场和房产的继承权。
• It was years before ranching and farming reached an ecological and political balance.
  经过了许多年，牧业和农业之间才形成了生态与政治平衡。
• Much of rural North America, up until that time, had been relegated to farming, ranching and other resource extraction activities.
  直到那时，北美的乡村被归结到农场，大牧场和其他攫取资源的行为之内。
• The obvious risk is that making ranching more productive will raise the incentive to grab more of the rainforest, but there are mitigating factors.
  然而提高牧业生产率显然会带来风险促使窃林人占取更多林地，不过抑制因素也同样存在。
• Spider ranching may never overtake cattle ranching, but there is at least one spider that supplies food.
  蜘蛛养殖业也许永远赶不上养牛业，但是至少有一种蜘蛛可供食用。