farm /fɑːm/ CET4 TEM4 ( farming, farmed, farms )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A farm is an area of land, together with the buildings on it, that is used for growing crops or raising animals, usually in order to sell them. 农场

  例：

  Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.

  法国的农场比美国甚至英国的都小得多。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A mink farm or a fish farm, for example, is a place where a particular kind of animal or fish is bred and kept in large quantities in order to be sold. 养殖场

  例：

  ...trout fresh from a local trout farm.

  …来自当地一家鲑鱼养殖场的新鲜鲑鱼。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you farm an area of land, you grow crops or keep animals on it. 耕种; 养殖

  例：

  They farmed some of the best land in the country.

  他们耕种着该国最好的一些土地。

  例：

  Bease has been farming for 30 years.

  比斯经营农场已有30年。