单词 | farmer |
释义 | farmerfarm‧er /ˈfɑːmə $ ˈfɑːrmər/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS word sets
WORD SETS► Agriculture Collocationsagrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a cotton field/farmer/plantation etc Phrases· Texas produced half of the US cotton crop. ► organic farmers/farms· Organic farmers build up soil fertility by crop rotation.· Synthetic fertilisers are banned on organic farms. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► local· Despite all this, livestock deaths continued and alarm grew among the local farmers.· Tipperary, owned by Merck, Sharp and Dohme is accused by a local farmer of causing his cattle to die.· In Hatfield Chase today, you can see a sign put up by a local farmer with a sense of humour.· Profits from it will go to local farmers who have been unable to make a living since the rains failed.· Male speaker It's a Christmas perk for local farmers to sell holly and mistletoe.· She is married to a local farmer and is the proprietor of Osiers Farm Golf Course. ► old· After a mile or two they passed an old farmer and asked him if he had seen Sir Hugo and the hounds.· Niyonzima, a 40-year old peasant farmer, is about to become the first local tried for crimes against humanity.· The old farmer did not pay him much money.· And in an ironic twist, the Author is played by the same actor as the old farmer.· But the old comfort farmer will hardly need the physical object any longer.· Some one shot an old farmer and lifted him up and dumped him in a well and tossed in a grenade.· But take a look at our old farmers. ► organic· And they also believe that would-be organic farmers should be encouraged with financial incentives.· There are around 1,100 organic farmers.· Harriet Ryley has been talking to an organic farmer who believes in putting the environment before profits.· He's an organic farmer so he doesn't use any of the chemicals used on conventional farms.· The chances of this working are close to zero, leaving organic farmers without their biological weapon of last resort.· More than 30 organic farmers have offered to have their plots surveyed.· There are over 1,000 organic farmers operating in Britain at the moment.· I hadn't eaten beef for years, apart from the occasional prime organic steak from farmers I happen to know. ► poor· It is for all the poor farmers.· They were part of the second wave of boat people, poor farmers and fishermen.· These are lean times for the poor small farmers who work marginal lands in the coastal districts.· The poor farmer spent a joyful year in her company, during which he learned many wonderful secrets.· Hesiod was a poor farmer whose life was hard and bitter.· The Characters Mr Kim-Soon: A poor farmer. ► small· Meanwhile state legislation protecting indebted small farmers has been abolished.· The idea behind the Homestead Act was that a nation of small, independent farmers would make the best foundation for democracy.· It has large and influential cereals and sugar barons in the north, but it has many small livestock farmers as well.· For smaller farmers, too, the arguments in favour of slaughter are compelling.· First, small farmers are many - while bigger farmers tend to be few.· The seminar also called on governments to support small farmers, in order to help reduce the drift to the cities.· I suspect it is the larger farmers signing up and throwing the smaller farmers to the vultures.· The power that small hill farmers and poorer urban dwellers have in the state apparatus and in society at large is negligible. ► white· According to Whitehall officials, the local media suggested that the material was intended to help opposition parties or beleaguered white farmers.· This has made Britain happy, since it has not had to pay out compensation to white farmers.· Nine white farmers have been killed since April last year.· The press seems intent on highlighting the deaths of two white farmers.· The dead include white farmers, black farm labourers and city residents.· The minister of agriculture and resettlement, Kumbirai Kangai, has been trying to reassure white farmers.· If the white farmers are thrown off, they will default.· The attempt to fan black hostility against white farmers during the election campaign was a failure. NOUN► dairy· Northern will be ready with a partnership arrangement in which it and the dairy farmer will work together.· More like a dairy farmer, Wade thought, than an officer of the law.· For dairy farmers shorter courses were run but travel could still be considerable and some found it very difficult to attend.· All California dairy farmers must pay 15 cents to the federal fund for every hundred pounds of milk produced.· Roberts was born in 1918, the son of a dairy farmer in Puente, California.· As any dairy farmer can attest, this is a procedure that quickly becomes pointless.· There were a number of dairy farmers whose uncertainty about milk quotas was reflected in their responses.· Critics routinely dubbed him a dairy farmer from Kansas. ► peasant· Part is earmarked for transfer to the impoverished peasant farmers living in the areas concerned.· Last June, a force of state police killed 17 unarmed peasant farmers on their way to a protest rally.· Mrs Villemin is the wife of a peasant farmer.· Niyonzima, a 40-year old peasant farmer, is about to become the first local tried for crimes against humanity.· This depended on the creation of a large body of enterprising peasant farmers growing essentially cash crops.· I also visited a cooperative of peasant farmers who grow sesame seed.· Small peasant farmers, who own their own plots have often been compelled to sell land through poverty and debts.· Red-tape, paperwork and bribe-hungry officials await peasant farmer Ramlal when he visits the city. ► tenant· Many farmers and tenant farmers live in big old rambling houses.· Thousands of tenant farmers who have traditionally farmed the land, have already been displaced.· The case of the large organisation versus the tenant farmer is summarised below from a file of 63 letters, plus documents.· It was let to a series of tenant farmers for over two centuries, until the Tremaynes returned in 1914.· Many councillors said they felt compelled to vote against the motion because they believed in the tenant farmers freedom of choice.· Apparently in the old days it was the place where tenant farmers paid their rent to the estate.· This was then worked by tenant farmers, who in turn employed many agricultural labourers.· Born in 1589, he was the son of a small tenant farmer. VERB► encourage· The scheme merely encourages farmers to intensify production on their remaining land, it is argued.· That will encourage existing farmers to increase their production per hectare from their smaller land allocation.· The Government have encouraged farmers to diversify.· It encourages the formation of farmer cooperatives and advances them loans for irrigation pumps.· Agricultural advisors often inadvertently encourage pests by advising farmers to cultivate more intensively.· The government has introduced several schemes to encourage farmers to plant up land. ► help· Does he think that he is helping our farmers in their genuine plight by highlighting such diseases in this debate?· It was not enough, however, to help farmers.· Already, independent specialist consultants are helping farmers by walking fields and assisting with advice for strategies of control.· The new guarantee is designed to help farmers establish a base farming income, needed to secure agricultural loans.· Above all, I want to help my farmer constituents towards a prosperous future.· On the positive side, this approach has helped farmers in some developing countries to obtain better prices for their products.· Other grants are offered to help farmers produce the most suitable products.· None of these exemptions, however, will help the businessman or farmer of whose plight mention has already been made. ► pay· He has no intention of paying, arguing that farmers have traded seed for centuries.· Southern Californian cities pay farmers to spread the material on land where non-edible crops are grown.· We can not pay if farmers do not make the claims.· For many the costs are so high that it does not even pay the farmer to send his crops to be sold.· Rather than do anything about it, the Council pay the farmers a subsidy to filter the water.· In 1994, for example, the U. S. Government paid farmers approximately $ 10 billion in grants.· That is an odd prescription from an apostle of efficiency: you pay your most productive farmers not to produce.· The government was paying farmers fifteen cents a cubic yard to move dirt. ► sell· Some land was raised, leveled and sold to farmers.· The pulp is sold back to the farmers for feeding to their cattle.· Many of the fodder crops are sold to the hill farmers and some are used to fatten the lambs.· Springing sows reached £189 for a genuine sow sold by a Markethill farmer. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► small business/firm/farmer etc someone who owns or manages a farm
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