pas.ture
n.(名词)
Grass or other vegetation eaten as food by grazing animals.
牧草:草食动物作为食物吃的草或其它植物
Ground on which such vegetation grows, especially that which is set aside for use by domestic grazing animals.
牧场:这种植物生长的场地,尤指开辟出来喂养草食家畜的场地
The feeding or grazing of animals.
放牧:动物的喂养或牧放
v.(动词)
pas.tured,pas.tur.ing,pas.tures
v.tr.(及物动词)
To herd (animals) into a pasture to graze.
放牧:把(牲畜)赶到牧场吃草
To provide (animals) with pasturage. Used of land.
提供牧草:为(牲畜)提供牧草。用于指土地
To graze on (land or vegetation).
(牛、羊)吃青草:使在牧场上吃草
To use (land) as pasture.
把(土地)用作牧场
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To graze in a pasture.
放牧:在牧场上放牧
<习惯用语>put out to pasture
To herd (grazing animals) into pasturable land.
放牧:把(草食动物)赶到作牧场的土地上去放牧
Informal To retire or compel to retire from work or a full workload.
【非正式用语】 退休,离休:从工作或满工作量中退下或迫使退下
来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Late Latin p3stôra
源自 后期拉丁语 p3stôra
from Latin p3stus [past participle of] p3scere [to feed] * see p3-
源自 拉丁语 p3stus [] p3scere的过去分词 [喂养] *参见 p3-
【引伸】
pas.turable
adj.(形容词)
pas.turer
n.(名词)