ranch

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Agriculture, Houseranchranch /rɑːntʃ $ ræntʃ/ noun [countable] 1 TAa very large farm in the western US and Canada where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred2 DHHa ranch houseExamples from the Corpusranch• We lived first on a ranch.• a four-bedroom ranch• a cattle ranch• Robert Daley settled the property in 1869, first as a horse and cattle ranch and then as a dairy operation.• We saw small towns and huge cities, chicken farms and horse ranches.• I sail past a little development of off-the-shelf ranch homes.• The bloody siege of the ranch complex in Waco has already left at least six police and cult members dead.• Over the years, the ranch shrank.Origin ranch (1800-1900) Mexican Spanish rancho, from Spanish, “camp, small building, small farm”, from French ranger “to put in a row”

单词	ranch
释义	ranch From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Agriculture, Houseranchranch /rɑːntʃ $ ræntʃ/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 TAa very large farm in the western US and Canada where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred2 DHHa ranch houseExamples from the Corpusranch• We lived first on a ranch.• a four-bedroom ranch• a cattle ranch• Robert Daley settled the property in 1869, first as a horse and cattle ranch and then as a dairy operation.• We saw small towns and huge cities, chicken farms and horse ranches.• I sail past a little development of off-the-shelf ranch homes.• The bloody siege of the ranch complex in Waco has already left at least six police and cult members dead.• Over the years, the ranch shrank.Origin ranch (1800-1900) Mexican Spanish rancho, from Spanish, “camp, small building, small farm”, from French ranger “to put in a row”
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