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单词 ranch
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ranch

noun
/rɑːntʃ/
/ræntʃ/
Idioms
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  1. a large farm, especially in North America or Australia, where cows, horses, sheep, etc. are bred (= kept in order to produce young)
    • a cattle/sheep ranch
    • ranch hands (= the people who work on a ranch)
    see also dude ranchTopics Farmingb1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRanch is used before these nouns:
    • dressing
    • home
    • house
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Spanish rancho ‘group of persons eating together’.
Idioms
bet the farm/ranch on something
  1. (North American English, informal) to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc.
    • The company bet the farm on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn’t successful.
bet the ranch/farm on something
  1. (North American English, informal) to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc.
    • The company bet the ranch on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn't successful.
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