| 单词 | farmer |
| 释义 | farmer (once / 193 pages) n A farmer is a person who runs and works on a farm. Some farmers raise a variety of food crops, while others keep dairy cows and sell their milk. Farmers work in some aspect of agriculture, growing vegetables, grains, or fruit; or raising animals for milk, eggs, or meat. A small farmer manages a relatively small piece of land, often growing different crops and keeping hens for their eggs, for example. Some farmers own their farms, while others rent the land on which they work. In the 14th century, a farmer was "one who collects taxes," from the Old French fermier, "lease holder." WORD FAMILYfarmer: farmerette, farmers+/farm: farmed, farmer, farming, farms/farmerette: farmerettes/farming: farmings USAGE EXAMPLESThe United Farm Workers, in the mid-sixties, organized the famous grape boycott in order to get farmers to stop relying on underpaid, non-union workers. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) From the earliest days of agriculture, farmers discovered various ways to prevent crop yields from declining over time: by restoring nitrogen to their fields. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) The farming population is aging quickly, and the industry needs young farmers to fill the void. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a person who operates a farm Syn|Hypo|Hyper granger, husbandman, sodbuster contadino an Italian farmer agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raisersomeone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil apiarist, apiculturist, beekeepera farmer who keeps bees for their honey dairy farmer, dairymanthe owner or manager of a dairy arboriculturist, forester, tree farmersomeone trained in forestry plantation owner, planterthe owner or manager of a plantation ranchera person who owns or operates a ranch smallholdera person owning or renting a smallholding small farmera farmer on a small farm sowersomeone who sows stock farmer, stock raiser, stockmanfarmer who breed or raises livestock tenant farmera farmer who works land owned by someone else tillersomeone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops) breeder, stock breedera person who breeds animals beef man, cattleman, cow mana man who raises (or tends) cattle crofteran owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain fruit growersomeone who grows fruit commercially graziera rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market sheepmana man who raises (or tends) sheep viticulturista cultivator of grape vine creator a person who grows or makes or invents things Farmer (once / 1287 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Farmer: Farmers USAGE EXAMPLESThe text message arrived on Koa Farmer’s phone as Penn State ’s third-year sophomore slept the morning after Christmas. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Mickelson underwent two hernia surgeries this offseason, but he's committed to play at the Farmers Insurance Open at the end of January. Golf Digest(Jan 01, 2017) Jan Farmer, after 29 years in the Air Force Reserve, bought her White County farm a decade ago. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 n an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915) 2Syn|Exp Fannie Farmer, Fannie Merritt Farmer cook someone who cooks food n United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920) Syn|Exp James Leonard Farmer civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups |
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