pasture

英 ['pɑːstʃə(r)] 美 ['pæstʃər]

• n. 牧场；草原
• vi. 吃草
• vt. 放牧

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]牧草地,牧场

   land covered with grass and similar plants, suitable for grazing animals

2. [U]牧草

   graze, etc. growing on this land

v. (动词)

1. vi. & vt. 放,牧

   put (animals) to graze in a pasture

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 牧草
2. 牧场，牧草地，放牧场
3. 放牧
4. 生活状况
5. 工作条件
6. 个人发展的机遇
7. 饲养牲畜，牲畜饲养
8. 蜜源
9. 草地，草原
10. 作为牧场的一片田野

v. 动词

1. 放（牛羊）吃草，放牧，放吃
2. 吃（牧草），吃草
3. 把（土地）作牧场用

英英释义

Noun:

1. a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

2. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

Verb:

1. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

2. feed as in a meadow or pasture;

   "the herd was grazing"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The land was used chiefly for pasture.
   这土地多半用作牧场。
2. We have put our cattle out to pasture.
   我们已经把牛放到牧场上吃草去了。
3. Cows are grazing in the pasture.
   牛正在草原吃草。
4. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.
   把羊皮披在身上后，猎人到草原上去等狮子。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture.
   我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
2. We have put our cattle out to pasture.
   我们已经把牛放到牧场上吃草去了。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Cows are left to graze in the pasture.
   奶牛都是留给放牧在牧场。
2. Deer can be tamed and trained to go out to pasture.
   鹿群经过驯化，可以放牧。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Horses are grazing in the pasture.
   马正在牧场上吃草。
2. These lands afford good pasture.
   这些地方有好的牧草。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Horses are pasturing there.
   马在那边吃草。
2. It is a good place for goats to pasture.
   这是羊吃草的好地方。
3. This is the place where they used to pasture.
   这就是他们过去经常放牧的地方。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The boy got up very early every morning to pasture cattle.
   这男孩每天起得很早去放牛。
2. He always pastured his sheep on the village common.
   他总是把羊放到公地上吃草。

经典引文

• Lighter spring run-offs..cause dry pasturelands. That means less pasture for livestock.

  出自：Maclean's Magazine

• It's a pleasant drive over rolling hills and through pastured valleys.

  出自：National Observer (US)

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

put out to pasture

使离职; 使退休get rid of; cause to retire
put sth out to pasture
It's about time this old sewing machine was put out to pasture.

这部旧缝纫机大概到了被淘汰的时候了。
They were so old; they should have been put out to pasture years ago.

他们如此年迈,多年前就该叫他们退休了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• need pasture 需要牧草

形容词+～

• rich pasture 茂盛的牧场
• fresh〔good〕 pasture 新鲜〔好〕牧草
• green pastures 绿茵茵的牧场

介词+～

• in the pasture 在牧场上

～+介词

• used for the pasture of animals 用于放牧牲口

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• pasture cattle 放牛
• pasture horse 放马
• pasture sheep 放羊

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. pasture用作名词时意思是“草地”,转化成动词指将牛、羊等牲畜赶到野外,让其吃草,即“放,牧”。
2. pasture可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接牛、马、羊等名词或代词作宾语。引申可指“退休”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

pasture, feed, graze, nourish

• 这组词都可表示“给…东西吃”。其区别是：
• feed指给人以饮食或给动物以饲料,也可指供给植物养料或给机器加燃料等,含义最广; nourish指施以健康、生长必需的养料。例如:
• They needed good food to nourish their bodies.他们需要好食品滋养身体。
• graze指用正在生长的青草饲养牲口。pasture指饲养动物,尤指家畜。例如:
• The old man was pasturing his sheep on the village common.老人在村庄的公地上放羊。
• The boy got up very early every morning to pasture cattle.这男孩每天起得很早去放牛。

lawn，meadow，pasture

• 这些名词均含“草地”之意。
• lawn多指公园、庭院中经常加以修剪的草坪。
• meadow指为牲畜提供食用草，可以贮备干草的牧草地；也指野外的低草地。
• pasture通常指放牧用的草地或牧草。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的pasture，意为牛吃的草；最初源自晚期拉丁语的pastura，意为饲料。

近反义词

【近义词】

• meadow 草地
• grassland 牧场
• grass 草
• prairie 大草原
• range 范围
• meadowland 草地
• fallow 休耕的
• field 田地
• lea 草地
• graze 放牧
• crop 农作物
• browse 浏览
• eatage 青草
• ley 牧地
• forage 粮草
• pasturage 畜牧
• pastureland 牧场
• grazing land 放牧地
• lawn 草坪