n.[C]
    
      - (北美的)大牧場,大農場
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He enjoyed life on the 
ranch.
他在牧場日子過得很痛快。
 
      - (專業性的)飼養場;(專營某一作物的)農場
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    vi.
    
      - 經營牧場(或農場)
 
      - 在牧場(或農場)工作
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 在……經營牧場(或農場)
 
      - 在牧場飼養……
 
    
   
  衍生
  
    n.
    rancher (大牧場的主人;大牧場主人的住宅)
    n.
    ranchman (服務於大牧場者;大牧場主人)
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
   - a large farm, especially in the western US and Canada, where cattle or other animals are bred.
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(also ranch house)
 N. Amer. a single-storey house.
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(also ranch dressing)
 N. Amer. a type of thick white salad dressing made with sour cream.
 
v.
 run a ranch. 
▸breed (animals) on a ranch.
 ▸use (land) as a ranch.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  C19: from Sp. rancho ‘group of persons eating together’.