farm

farm的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [fɑ:m]
KK音标发音： [fɑm]

farm的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production.
农场：一片用来生长农业产品的土地

2. A tract of land devoted to the raising and breeding of domestic animals.
饲养场：放牧和喂养家畜的土地

3. An area of water devoted to the raising, breeding, or production of a specific aquatic animal:
水产养殖场：致力于一些水生生物的养殖、喂养或生产的一片蓄水池：

a trout farm; an oyster farm.
鳟鱼养殖场；牡蛎养殖场

4. An area of land devoted to the storage of a commodity or the emplacement of a group of devices:
贮藏所：一块用于存放货物或放置成套设备的场地：

a tank farm; an antenna farm.
坦克炮位场地；天线安置场地

5. Baseball A minor-league club affiliated with a major-league club for the training of recruits and the maintenance of temporarily unneeded players.
【棒球】 棒球分会：附属于一个高级联合会俱乐部的小联合会俱乐部，其负责训练新成员和保留暂时不需要的队员

6. Obsolete
【废语】

7. The system of leasing out the rights of collecting and retaining taxes in a certain district.
包出租税的制度：在一定地区出租征收和保留税款权力的系统

8. A district so leased.
包税区：这样被出租的地区

farm的词性：
n.attributive.（定语名词）

9. Often used to modify another noun:
农场：通常用来修饰另一个名词：

farm machinery; farm buildings; farm policy.
农场机器；农舍；农业政策

farm的词性：
v.（动词）

farm的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

10. To cultivate or produce a crop on.
耕种：种植或生产谷物

11. To pay a fixed sum in order to have the right to collect and retain profits from (a business, for example).
承包：支付固定金额，以有权从（如商业）中收集和保有利润

12. To turn over (a business, for example) to another in return for the payment of a fixed sum.
包出：转让（如生意）给另一单位，条件是收取固定金额作为回报

farm的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

13. To engage in farming.
经营农场

14. To send (work, for example) from a central point to be done elsewhere.
租出：将（如工作）由中心点送出其它地方去做

15. Baseball To assign (a player) to a minor-league team.
【棒球】 分派：将（一名队员）分派到小联合会俱乐部队

farm的词源：

16. Middle English [lease, leased property]
中古英语 [出租，出租的财物]

17. from Old French ferme
源自 古法语 ferme

18. from Medieval Latin firma [fixed payment]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 firma [固定金额]

19. from Latin firm3re [to establish]
源自 拉丁语 firm3re [建立]

20. from firmus [firm] * see dher-
源自 firmus [公司] *参见 dher-