ranching

英 [ˈrɑːntʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈræntʃɪŋ]

n.  牧场经营; 农场经营

现在分词：ranching　

TOEFL

BNC.27500 / COCA.14415

牛津词典

noun

• 牧场经营；农场经营
  the activity of running a ranch
  1. cattle/sheep ranching
     牧牛 / 牧羊场的经营

柯林斯词典

• （尤指养牛、马、羊等的）农场经营，牧场经营
  Ranchingis the activity of running a large farm, especially one used for raising cattle, horses, or sheep.

英英释义

noun

• farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)

双语例句

• Much of rural North America, up until that time, had been relegated to farming, ranching and other resource extraction activities.
  直到那时，北美的乡村被归结到农场，大牧场和其他攫取资源的行为之内。
• In this paper, the development history and construction conditions of marine ranching at home and abroad are introduced, and the importance and necessity for building the marine ranching in China are analyzed according to Chinese marine fishery situation.
  介绍了海洋牧场的发展史和国外海洋牧场建设状况，并结合我国的海洋渔业形势，分析了海洋牧场与海洋农牧化之间的关系，以及在我国建设海洋牧场的重要性和迫切性。
• If they turned to ranching, they needed a lariat, a branding iron, and a pair of pliers.
  如果他们变成牧场，他们需要一个套索，品牌铁，及一对钳子。
• That was when cattle farming, or ranching, became a big business in the southwestern United States.
  那时养牛业和畜牧业在美国西南部成为一个主要的行业。
• He's learned a lot about ranching since that first year when he tried to milk the horse.
  到现在，他终于学会了很多牧场上的活儿，想当初，他试着从马那里挤奶，更糟糕的是，那还是匹公马。
• Perhaps the most grotesque form of fish farming is the ranching of bluefin tuna, a delicacy that may sell for as much as$ 860 a kilo.
  也许最奇怪的养鱼场是蓝鳍金枪鱼大养殖场。蓝鳍金枪鱼做成的佳肴可以买到每公斤860美元。
• Development Direction of Sea Ranching
  海洋牧场的发展方向
• The obvious risk is that making ranching more productive will raise the incentive to grab more of the rainforest, but there are mitigating factors.
  然而提高牧业生产率显然会带来风险促使窃林人占取更多林地，不过抑制因素也同样存在。
• Itinerant ranching reached its peak in the 1880s.
  1880年代，巡回大牧场达到了顶峰。
• It was years before ranching and farming reached an ecological and political balance.
  经过了许多年，牧业和农业之间才形成了生态与政治平衡。