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A large farm, especially in the western United States, mainly used for raising animals like cattle or horses. 'Ranch dressing' is a popular creamy American salad dressing named after this kind of farm, and a 'ranch-style house' is a simple, single-story house design that became popular in the US.
(美式)大牧場;田園沙拉醬(ranch dressing);單層平房(ranch-style house)
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
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ranchnoun/ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/
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A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
- There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
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A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
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A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
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businessreal-estateA ranch-style house.
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Ranch dressing.
ranchverb/ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/
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To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
- Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
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To work on a ranch.
- Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。