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cultivate verb
⇨ farm farm verb farm ♦︎ grow ♦︎ plough ♦︎ cultivate ♦︎ plant ♦︎ workThese words all mean to use or prepare ground for growing crops. 这些词均表示耕种、种田、务农。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to farm / plough / cultivate / plant / work the land◆to grow / cultivate / plant crops◆to plough / plant / work a field◆to be organically / intensively farmed / grown / cultivated■ farm [intransitive, transitive] to use land for growing crops and/or keeping animals 务农；从事畜牧业；耕种；饲养◆The family has farmed in Kent for over two hundred years.这个家族在肯特务农两百多年了。◆They farm dairy cattle.他们饲养奶牛。◆He farmed 200 acres of prime arable land.他耕种了200英亩良田。▸ farming noun [uncountable] ◆sheep / dairy / organic farming牧羊；养奶牛；有机耕作■ grow (grew, grown) [transitive] to put seeds or plants in the ground and take care of them, usually in order to use or sell the plants later 栽培；种植◆I didn't know they grew rice in Spain.我以前不知道西班牙也种稻子。◆I grew all these flowers from one packet of seeds.这些花全都是我用一包种子种出来的。■ plough (BrE) (NAmE plow) / /plaʊ/ / [transitive, intransitive] to turn over and break up the ground in a field or other area of land by using a plough (= a large piece of farming equipment), especially in order to prepare the ground for growing crops 犁（田）；耕（地）；翻（土）◆The land was divided into large ploughed fields.这片地被分割成几大块犁过的田。■ cultivate / /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ / [transitive] (formal or written) to prepare and use land for growing plants or crops; to grow plants or crops 耕；耕作；种植◆The land around here has never been cultivated.这一带的土地从未开垦过。◆The people cultivate mainly rice and beans.人们主要种植稻子和豆类。▸ cultivation noun [uncountable] ◆fertile land that is under cultivation肥沃的耕地◆rice cultivation水稻种植■ plant [transitive] to cover an area of land such as a garden or field with plants （在某处）栽种◆The field had been ploughed and planted with corn.这块地已犁过并种上了玉米。■ work [transitive] to do the hard physical work that is needed to grow crops on an area of land （人工）耕种；干农活◆Boys who didn't go to school worked the land with their fathers.不上学的男孩跟父亲一起种田。 |