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  • Conjugation : past  farmed ; pp  farmed ; ing  farming
  • Derivatives : adj  farmable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

farm [fɒːm]
  1. 1. noun [c] 农场
  2. 2. vt. [+land] 耕种
  3. 3. vi. 务农

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

farm [fɑrm] [fɑːm]
  1. 1. noun 农场农庄牧场
    He spent part of his life on his parents farm before a move to the big city.
    搬到大城市之前,他在父母的农场上住了一段时间。
  2. 2. noun 饲养场养鱼场
    A tract of water for raising fish is a fish farm.
    一片养鱼的水是鱼塘
  3. 3. noun 原义租金税款
  4. 4. noun 包出税收
  5. 5. noun 包出税收情况
  6. 6. noun 包税区
  7. 7. noun [American English] [baseball] (与棒球联合总会订有协议培训棒球会员的)棒球分会[全称 farm club(或team)]
  8. 8. vt. 种(田);耕种
    His family has farmed cotton here for many generations.
    他家数代耕种棉花。
  9. 9. vt. (在付佣金基础上)包收(企业的)税金其他费用
  10. 10. vt. 佃出;出租土地企业
  11. 11. vt. 旧指寄养乞丐穷人等)
  12. 12. vi. 种田务农经营农场(或牧场

Collins English-English Dictionary

farm [fɑːm]
  1. 1. n a tract of land, usually with house and buildings, cultivated as a unit or used to rear livestock
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    farm produce
  3. 3. n (in combination)
    farmland
  4. 4. n a unit of land or water devoted to the growing or rearing of some particular type of vegetable, fruit, animal, or fish
    a fish farm
  5. 5. n an installation for storage
  6. 6. n a district of which one or more taxes are leased
  7. 7. n [history] a fixed sum paid by an individual or group for the right of collecting and retaining taxes, rents, etc
  8. 8. n a fixed sum paid regularly by a town, county, etc, in lieu of taxes
  9. 9. n the leasing of a source of revenue to an individual or group
  10. 10. n a fixed tax, rent, etc, paid regularly
  11. 11. vt. [tr] to cultivate (land)
  12. 12. vt. to rear (stock, etc) on a farm
  13. 13. vi. [intr] to engage in agricultural work, esp as a way of life
  14. 14. vt. [tr] to look after a child for a fixed sum
  15. 15. vt. to collect the moneys due and retain the profits from (a tax district, business, etc) for a specified period on payment of a sum or sums
  16. 16. vt. to operate (a franchise) under similar conditions
  17. 17. vt. See also farm out
  18. 18. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French ferme rented land, ultimately from Latin firmare to settle

Examples

the farm bloc
农业集团 bloc
a collective farm
集体农庄 collective
A tract of water for raising fish is a fish farm.
一片养鱼的水是鱼塘。 farm
the farm vote
农场选票 vote
More than thirty years ago, this city was a big farm.
三十多年以前,这座城市是一个大农场。
I bought a farm near London, 100 square kilometers in area. You should see it, it is huge.
我在伦敦附近买了一个农场,面积有一百平方千米。你应该去看看,真的很大。 area
They use oxen to pull farm equipment.
他们用牛来拉农具。 ox
There are pigs, horses and cows on the farm.
农场里有猪、马和牛。 pig
My aunt lives near a fruit farm and helps to pick pears.
我姨妈家附近有一处果园,她经常去帮忙摘梨。 pick
He spent part of his life on his parents farm before a move to the big city.
搬到大城市之前,他在父母的农场上住了一段时间。 farm

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