单词 | plantation |
释义 | plantation n.   1. an estate on which cotton, tobacco, etc. is cultivated, esp. in former colonies, formerly by slave labour.   2. an area planted with trees etc.   3. hist. a colony; colonization. Phrases and idioms plantation song a song of the kind formerly sung by Blacks on American plantations. Etymology: ME f. OF plantation or L plantatio (as PLANT) |
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