单词 | farm |
释义 | noun | verb farmfarm1 /fɑrm/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countable] an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals: a farm in southern Alberta farm animalslive/work etc. on a farm He grew up on a farm in Iowa.a chicken/pig/wheat etc. farm a rice farm in Thailand [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French ferme rent, lease, from Latin firmus firm, fixed] → see also bet the ranch/farm at bet1 (6), factory farm, farm team, fish farm, funny farm noun | verb farmfarm2 ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1to use land for growing crops, keeping animals, etc.: My family has farmed here since 1901.2farmed fish/salmon/trout etc. fish that have been raised in a special place in order to be sold as food, rather than fish that live in the wildfarm out phrasal verb1farm something ↔ out to send work to other people instead of doing it yourself: farm something out to somebody Most of the editing is farmed out to freelancers.2farm somebody ↔ out to send someone, especially a child, to a different place or person where he or she will be taken care of: farm somebody out to somebody They used to farm me out to relatives in the summer. |
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