单词 | acreage |
释义 | acreage (eɪkərɪdʒ ) Word forms: acreages variable noun Acreage is a large area of farm land. [formal] He has sown coffee on part of his acreage. Enormous acreages of soya beans are grown in the United States. [+ of] Collocations: acreage devoted to Eventually, the acreage devoted to salt works became more valuable as factory sites and the old industry was forced out. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tonnage of grapes produced and acreage devoted to production in the county have risen 60% and 72%, respectively, since 2004. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are few people gullible enough to believe that the acreage devoted to cotton can be reduced one-third without an accompanying decrease in the laborers engaged in its production. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The family had been dispossessed of most of the large acreage they owned in the area, but some members had managed to keep, or later reacquire, small parcels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With the passage of new homestead laws in 1909 enabling homesteaders to take out larger acreages, the area saw an influx of dryland farmers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The corporation acted as brokers for timber limits scattered throughout the province, accumulating large acreages for sale by buying up numbers of smaller holdings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Heading south, the road bisected a vast acreage of wheat fields and wind farms, barely garnished with a handful of compact townships. Times, Sunday Times The extensive outbuildings, which once occupied a vast acreage of land to the rear of the main building, finally succumbed in 1978. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You won't find those usual vast acreages of mandatory but dull inclusions. Times, Sunday Times |
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