名詞 ranch:

1. farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
   同義詞：spread, cattle ranch, cattle farm

動(dòng)詞 ranch:

1. manage or run a ranch

1. A rectangular house of one story; a ranch house.
   牧屋單層的長(zhǎng)方形房屋; 牧屋
2. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers.
   工人棚屋供牧場(chǎng)工人居住的棚屋
3. The owner or manager of a ranch; a rancher.
   牧場(chǎng)主牧場(chǎng)的主人或經(jīng)營(yíng)人; 牧場(chǎng)主
4. He is dreaming of owning a ranch in North America.
   他正夢(mèng)想著在北美洲擁有一片大牧場(chǎng)。

ranch

n.（名詞）
An extensive farm, especially in the western United States, on which large herds of cattle, sheep, or horses are raised.
大牧場(chǎng)：大片的農(nóng)場(chǎng)，尤指位于美國(guó)西部，養(yǎng)了大群的牛、羊、馬的牧場(chǎng)
A large farm on which a particular crop or kind of animal is raised:
專業(yè)牧場(chǎng)，專業(yè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)：種植某種莊稼或喂養(yǎng)某種動(dòng)物的大農(nóng)場(chǎng)：
例句：
a mink ranch.
一個(gè)水貂養(yǎng)殖場(chǎng)

A house in which the owner of an extensive farm lives.
農(nóng)場(chǎng)主房屋：大農(nóng)場(chǎng)的所有者居住的房屋
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
ranched,ranch.ing,ranch.es
To manage or work on a ranch.
經(jīng)營(yíng)牧場(chǎng)，在牧場(chǎng)工作

來(lái)源：
American Spanish rancho [small farm]
美國(guó)西班牙語(yǔ) rancho [小農(nóng)場(chǎng)]
from Spanish [hut, group of people who eat together]
源自 西班牙語(yǔ) [棚舍，一群在一起吃飯的人]
from Old Spanish rancharse [to be billeted]
源自 古西班牙語(yǔ) rancharse [被安排住宿]
from Old French se ranger [to be arranged]
源自 古法語(yǔ) se ranger [被安排]
from renc, reng [row, line]
源自 renc, reng [行，列]
[of Germanic origin] * see sker- 2
[源于德語(yǔ)] *參見(jiàn) sker- 2