agriculture

农业；指耕种土地、收获作物以及饲养和管理牲畜的活动或相关领域。

💡 记忆钩子

想象一片田地：先把土地种起来、收获作物，再把牲畜养起来并管理好；从这片“被耕作和经营的土地”展开的整套活动，就是 agriculture，即农业。

📝 学习建议

先把它记成涵盖种植和畜牧的“农业”，不要只理解成“种庄稼”。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 农业；农耕业

📖 指利用土地种植和收获作物，并饲养、管理牲畜的一整套活动，也可以指研究或经营这些活动的农业领域。它比单独的“种田”范围更广。

💡 常用在“agriculture is...”或“the agriculture of...”这类结构中，表示农业作为一个领域或产业。它多作不可数名词，前面通常不加不定冠词；若强调不同地区或不同类型的农业体系，才可能用复数形式。

countable uncountable

Agriculture is the main source of income for many families in the region.

农业是这个地区许多家庭的主要收入来源。

Modern agriculture uses technology to grow crops more efficiently.

现代农业利用技术更高效地种植作物。

agricultures plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 4 组

the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

同义词集: farming agriculture husbandry

上位: cultivation 下位: gardening, horticulture, planting

a large-scale farming enterprise

同义词集: agribusiness agriculture factory farm

上位: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise

the class of people engaged in growing food

同义词集: agriculture

上位: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum

the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

同义词集: department of agriculture agriculture department agriculture usda

🌳 词源

源自拉丁语，词源由表示“田地”的词和表示“耕作、培育”的词组成。

Middle French agriculturebor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin ager Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūra Latin agricultūrabor. Middle English agriculture English agriculture From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture.

🔄 变式

agricultures plural

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