| 单词 | arable |
| 释义 | arable (ærəbəl ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Arable farming involves growing crops such as wheat and barley rather than keeping animals or growing fruit and vegetables. Arable land is land that is used for arable farming. ...arable farmers. ...arable crops. Synonyms: productive, fertile, fruitful, fecund Collocations: arable land Environmental degradation is eroding arable land and there is a looming energy crisis. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It is harder for farmland birds to breed in the monocultural habitats that now characterise much arable land. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They also argue that, contrary to popular belief, we are not running out of arable land. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Why use a third of the world's arable land to grow soya and other cereals to feed farm animals when they could graze in fields? Times, Sunday Times (2014) And algae can be raised on land that is not suitable for farming, avoiding arguments about using arable land to produce fuel. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Translations: Chinese: 耕种的 Japanese: 耕作に適する |
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