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

• 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。
• Constant logging, mining and cattle ranching are stripping the jungles clean.
  不断的伐木、采矿和放牧正在使雨林渐渐地消失。
• 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。
• This article first discussed the structure of the world ocean agriculture production and demanding distribution, then introduced the progress of ocean agriculture of our country from the aspects of farming and ranching facilities, aquaculture technologies, planting technologies, and farming resource management, etc.
  本文分析了世界海洋农业生产和市场分布的基本格局；从海洋农牧化设施、海洋增养殖技术、海水种植技术、海洋农业资源管理等方面阐述了国外海洋农业发展的进展；
• 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。
• They cleared large tracts of forest for farming, logging and ranching.
  他们清除了大片的森林以经营农耕、采伐与畜牧。
• Spider ranching may never overtake cattle ranching, but there is at least one spider that supplies food.
  蜘蛛养殖业也许永远赶不上养牛业，但是至少有一种蜘蛛可供食用。
• Cattle ranching is the single most important cause of the tearing down of rainforest in Brazil.
  在巴西，养牛是毁坏雨林的唯一最重要原因。
• 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。
• Midgley said that in parts of South Africa high levels of bush encroachment may make cattle ranching impossible without expensive mechanical intervention.
  Midgley还说，如果没有昂贵的机械干预，太多的灌木入侵可能将让南非无法兴办牧场。