| 单词 | pasture |
| 释义 | pasture (once / 354 pages) nv If your cattle are feeling hungry, you should let them pasture, or graze, in a grassy field known as a pasture. Pasture is both a noun and a verb associated with grazing animals. As a noun, a pasture is a field where animals such as horses and cattle can graze, or feed. Pasture can also refer to the grasses or other plants that grow in a pasture. As a verb, pasture means "to graze" or "to release animals into a pasture for grazing." You also might hear this word used in the idiom "Put out to pasture," which means "to retire someone," usually because of old age. WORD FAMILYpasture: pasturage, pastured, pastures, pasturing+/pasturage: pasturages USAGE EXAMPLES“America is a great nation, a kind nation, a nation of greener pastures and milk and honey and endless possibilities,” Mr. Canunayon said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Now, they raise grass-fed cattle, pastured poultry and pastured hogs. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) “You’ve got a big investment in a milking parlor, people, equipment, pastures. To only use them six months a year is just not efficient.” New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock Syn|Hypo|Hyper grazing land, lea, ley, pastureland common land, commons a pasture subject to common use cow pasturea pasture for cows grassland land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life 2n bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle Syn|Hyper eatage, forage, grass, pasturage fodder coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop 3v let feed in a field or pasture or meadow Syn|Hypo|Hyper crop, graze browse, crop, graze, range feed as in a meadow or pasture grass feed with grass driftdrive slowly and far afield for grazing feed, give give food to 4v feed as in a meadow or pasture Syn|Hyper browse, crop, graze, range range let eat crop, grazelet feed in a field or pasture or meadow eat, feed take in food; used of animals only |
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