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单词 orchard
释义
orchardor‧chard /ˈɔːtʃəd $ ˈɔːrtʃərd/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINorchard
Origin:
Old English ortgeard, probably from Latin hortus ‘garden’ + Old English geard (YARD)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a peach orchard
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Do you know car loads of people have driven by the orchards this year?
  • Her black bicycle is leaning against the orchard fence.
  • I circled the house at a distance, passed through the orchard into the garden and stood amid the rows of broccoli.
  • It is also fruit-growing country and the vineyards are interspersed with orchards of apple, plum and pear.
  • It was near the peach orchard that the Confederates suffered one of their Worst blows.
  • It was suddenly quiet in the orchard as the mist floated through the trees.
  • Léonie went to the orchard to pick some vine leaves.
  • The orchards are the hushed maids, fresh from convent ...
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals: · a 300-hectare farm· a dairy farm· a sheep farm
a very large farm in the western US, Canada, or South America where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred: · a cattle ranch in Wyoming
British English a piece of land used for farming, that is smaller than an ordinary farm: · a smallholding used for organic farming
a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown: · a rubber plantation· a tea plantation
a piece of land for farming that was given to people in the past by the US and Canadian governments: · He still farms on the family homestead, a hundred years after his grandfather received it.
American English informal an area of land used for farming or ranching: · They have a pretty big spread just south of the Canadian border.
an area of land, often with greenhouses on it, used for growing vegetables and fruit: · He runs his own market garden, and sells his produce to the big supermarkets.
an area of land with trees, used for growing fruit: · an apple orchard· cherry orchards
British English a small area of land of land, especially in a town or city, which you can use for growing your own vegetables.The land is usually owned by the local council, who charge a very low rent: · We grew the tomatoes on our allotment.
the practice of farming: · More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.
adjective relating to growing crops: · a lack of arable land
WORD SETS
agrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· It has a lovely old orchard full of damson trees, a paddock with goats and rare sheep and a sunny terrace.· The cattle had to be rounded up from all the outlying fields and brought together in the old orchard behind the barn.
NOUN
· Its hedged fields are sprinkled with oak trees, and apple orchards and half-timbered houses abound.· We rode until we passed an overgrown meadow which must once have been part of an apple orchard.· As you know, Edward destroyed his forces amongst the apple orchards of Evesham in 1264.· Instead of barbed wire and endless gray mud, it was surrounded by apple orchards, gardens, rivers and lakes.· In May 1994 1.7 hectares in a 20-hectare commercial apple orchard were planted with stands of Golden Delicious.· And she owned the most land, much of it given over to an aged but productive apple orchard.· He did locate the apple orchard from which Liebermann had composed a large picture, and he made a sketch of it.· Also patron of apple orchards and catechists.
a place where fruit trees are grown:  a cherry orchard
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