n(1) 农场(an area of land，including fields，buildings and barns，on which crops or animals are raised) [C]：work/live on a～在农场工作/生活;grow wheat on a～ 在农场种小麦;～machines/products/work 农用机器/农产品/农活;〖同〗 plantation;

(2) 农庄(舍) (farmer's house and buildings on a farm) [C]：give sb bed and meal at the～在农庄为某人提供食宿;

(3) 畜牧场，饲养场(place where particular animals，birds，fish，etc are bred and kept) [C]：a fish/pearl/stock～养鱼场/珍珠培植场/畜牧场;

→ ′farmhouse n 农舍;′farmstead n 农舍及附近的建筑物;′farmyard n 农家的庭院;

v(1) 经营农场，种田，从事农业(畜牧业) (engage in farming;grow crops，keep animals，etc) [I]：He～s in South America. 他在南美洲经营农场。

(2) 耕田(地) (cultivate (land)) [T+n]：How many acres does he～? He～s almost all his land. 他耕种多少亩地? 他几乎耕种他所有的土地。By the end of last year，nearly 30，000 acres of land have been～ed in that area. 到去年底，那个地区差不多有三万英亩土地被开垦。〖同〗 plant，plow，sow;

(3) 饲养(动物) (breed and keep animals) [T+n]：～pigs 养猪;

farm out (v adv) 1) 将农场的活儿分给别人干 (vt)：The right to pick fruits on his farm was～ed out to the migrant workers. 在他的农场采摘水果的权利被转让给农业季节工人。2) 让别人照顾 (vt)：The little girl was～ed out to the neighbours. 那个女孩被托付给邻居照顾。

→′farmer n 农民，农场主;′farming n 农业，耕种;

【注意】 如果是专门在农场长期从事农业工作，介词要用 on，见(1);但如果某人从事的不是农场里的工作，而是在农场周边干其他的工作，则应说 work at a farm。另外，如果是某个特定的农场，那么即使是在农场上工作也要用 at，如：He works at the Blackmoor Farm. (他在布莱克摩尔农场工作。)