| 单词 | factory farming |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfactory farming factory farming n. farming organized on industrial lines; spec. a system of rearing livestock using highly intensive methods, by which poultry, pigs, or cattle are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions. ΚΠ 1885 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 30 May 3/5 If factory farming proves itself to be the way out of difficulties which are driving the best class of men from the land, [etc.]. 1904 J. W. Streeter Fat of Land xliii. 322 Intensive factory farming means the use of the best machines pushed to the limit of their capacity through the period of their greatest usefulness, and then replaced by others. 1964 New Statesman 30 Oct. 649/1 Boycott factory farm food?.. Boycott factory farmers?.. The essential thing is to amend the Protection of Animals Act (1911) to cover factory-farming techniques. 2003 C. J. Adams in H. Williams Ethics of Diet p. xi Some new arguments on behalf of vegetarianism have appeared, prompted by the emergence of factory farming and its horrific treatment of nonhumans. < as lemmas |
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