farming

英 [ˈfɑːmɪŋ]

美 [ˈfɑːrmɪŋ]

n. 务农; 农场经营
v. 务农; 种田; 从事畜牧业
farm的现在分词

现在分词：farming　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3291 / COCA.5105

同义词辨析

agriculture farming husbandry【导航词义：农业】

〔辨析〕

普通用词，包括农业生产的方方面面，如耕作、种植、收获等，同时也包括家畜、家禽的养殖等。

〔例证〕

Agriculture is essential to a nation.
农业对一个国家非常重要。
The development of agriculture is faster than ever before.
农业发展比以往任何时候都快。

farmingn. 耕种；农场业

〔辨析〕

着重指为市场生产粮食和经济作物而进行的耕作，也表示对农场的经营管理等。

〔例证〕

Farming is not easy to learn.
农耕不容易学。
Farmers understand farming.
农民懂得如何耕作。

husbandryn. 农业；农牧业；饲养业

〔辨析〕

强调自给自足，或向小范围提供农产品，而不是供应较大的市场，也指对多种经营（如养蜂、养鸡等）的管理。

〔例证〕

animal husbandry
畜牧业
Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare
《灵长类动物的饲养与福利手册》

noun

noun

agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
1. farming is a strenuous life
2. there's no work on the land any more
Synonym:land
the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
Synonym:agriculturehusbandry

He's no amateur in farming.
种庄稼他可不外行。
Elsewhere large areas have been drained and levelled for industry or intensive farming.
在别处，大片区域被抽干了水或铲平了地，以作为工业或集约化农业用地。
Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.
传统的刀耕火种农业方式耗尽了土地的肥力。
Farming can be very much a hit-and-miss affair.
务农可能是件非常碰运气的事。
They cleared large tracts of forest for farming, logging and ranching.
他们清除了大片的森林以经营农耕、采伐与畜牧。
We can take advantage of new technology more quickly by farming out computer operations
把计算机业务分包出去，我们就可以更快地利用新技术。
At first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer.
乍一看，有机耕作对农民而言似乎花费大多了。
This method of farming saves a lot of labour.
这种耕作方法省力不少。
The move is consistent with a trend for corporate legal staffs to do more work in-house, instead of farming it out to law firms
这一举措符合让公司的法律专员在单位内部做更多的工作，而不是将工作分包给律师事务所的趋势。
The main industry on the outlying islands is farming.
这些偏远岛屿的主要产业为农业。