pasture
【草地、放牧 】
"pasture" 既可以是 名词,也可以是 动词,主要和 草地、放牧 相关。以下是详细解析及例句:
1. 名词:牧场,草地(供动物吃草的土地)
- The cows are grazing in the pasture.
(奶牛正在牧场上吃草。) - They own a large pasture for their sheep.
(他们有一大片供羊吃草的牧场。) - The horses ran freely across the green pasture.
(马儿在绿色的牧场上自由奔跑。)
近义词:meadow, grassland, grazing land
2. 名词(比喻义):生活状况、工作环境(尤其用于 "new pastures" 表示新的机会或发展)
- He left the company in search of new pastures.
(他离开公司去寻找新的机会。) - After retirement, she moved to the countryside for greener pastures.
(退休后,她搬到了乡下,寻求更美好的生活。)
短语:
- greener pastures → 更好的前景、更美好的生活
Many people move abroad in search of greener pastures.
(许多人移居国外,寻找更好的发展机会。)
3. 动词:放牧(让牲畜在牧场上吃草)
- The farmer pastures his sheep on the hillside.
(农夫在山坡上放牧他的羊群。) - The cattle were pastured near the river.
(这些牛被放养在河边。)
近义词:graze, feed
常见短语
- put out to pasture → (字面意思:让牲畜去牧场)
引申义:让某人退休、淘汰某物
After 40 years of service, he was put out to pasture.
(工作了 40 年后,他被安排退休了。)
The old machines were finally put out to pasture.
(那些旧机器终于被淘汰了。)