英语词汇“plantation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	plantation
释义	plan·ta·tion \plan.ˈtāshən, plaan-, plȧn-, in southern US “or -nt.ˈā-\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Latin plantation-, plantatio, from plantatus (past. participle of plantare to plant) + -ion-, -io -ion 1. a. archaic : the act or process of planting b. : something that is planted < plant the seeds of the harvest you want to reap in cleared, plowed soil and protect the plantation while it grows — Lincoln Steffens > 2. a. : a usually large group of plants under cultivation < a plantation of nodding purple and ivory-colored lilacs — New Yorker > b. : grove < screened from the converging roads by a plantation of copper beeches — Osbert Lancaster > c. : a cultivated oyster bed 3. a. : the settlement of people in a particular region : colonization < forced plantations of English settlers — Seamus MacCall > b. : the founding or establishing of something : implantation 4. a. sometimes capitalized : a settlement in a new country or region : colony < a vessel from the overseas plantations — Leslie Thomas > < Rhode Island and Providence Plantations > b. : a minor division of local government in Maine 5. a. : a place that is planted : cultivated land < the man creates the plantation by cutting down the trees of the forest, the woman turns the soil — J.G.Frazer > b. : a usually large estate in a tropical or subtropical region that is generally cultivated by unskilled or semiskilled labor under central direction < rich cotton land, cultivated in large plantations — American Guide Series: Arkansas > 6. : a moderate reddish brown that is lighter, stronger, and much yellower than roan and yellower, lighter, and stronger than mahogany
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