pasture

noun

1. 牧场；牧草地
   land covered with grass that is suitable for feeding animals on
   1. an area of permanent/rough/rich pasture
      一片永久的 / 贫瘠的 / 富饶的牧场
   2. high mountain pastures
      高山牧场
   3. The cattle were put out to pasture .
      牛群放牧在牧场草地上。
2. 生活状况；工作条件；个人发展的机遇
   the circumstances of your life, work, etc.
   1. I felt we were off to greener pastures (= a better way of life) .
      我觉得我们在迈向更好的生活。
   2. She decided it was time to move on to pastures new (= a new job, place to live, etc.) .
      她认定换个新工作的时候到了。

verb

1. 放牧
   to put animals in a field to feed on grass

1. N-VAR 牧场；牧草地
   Pasture is land with grass growing on it for farm animals to eat.
   1. The cows are out now, grazing in the pasture.
      牛现在已经放出去了，正在牧场上吃草。
   2. ...mountain pastures.
      高山牧场
2. PHRASE 更好的地方（或工作、条件）；更好的前程
   If someone leaves for greener pastures, or in British English pastures new, they leave their job, their home, or the situation they are in for something they think will be much better.
   1. Michael decided he wanted to move on to pastures new for financial reasons.
      出于经济原因，迈克尔决意去寻找更好的前程。
   2. ...nurses seeking greener pastures overseas.
      到国外寻求更好前程的护士们
3. 放牧
   If you put animals out to pasture, you move them out into the fields so they can eat the grass.
4. PHRASE 让…退休；使赋闲
   If you say that someone is being put out to pasture, you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful.
   1. I'm retiring next month. They're putting me out to pasture.
      我下个月退休。他们要我养老去了。

1. Every summer the shepherds drive the sheep up to pasture
   每年夏天牧羊人都将羊群赶到牧场去。
2. It was absolutely essential to separate crops from the areas that animals used as pasture
   将庄稼和放牧区分开绝对必要。
3. Michael decided he wanted to move on to pastures new for financial reasons.
   出于经济原因，迈克尔决意去寻找更好的前程。
4. I'm retiring next month. They're putting me out to pasture.
   我下个月退休。他们要我养老去了。
5. Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture.
   每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
6. Across the road, in the pasture, the horses, mules and cows stood quietly with heads over the split-rail fence, waiting to be driven to the stables and supper.
   路那边的牧场上，马儿、骒子和奶牛头伸出篱笆安静地站在那儿，等着被赶到马厩用晚餐。
7. Deer can be tamed and trained to go out to pasture.
   鹿群经过驯化，可以放牧。
8. The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.
   你们果园中的树木不会这样说，你们草地上的羊群也不会这样说。
9. Widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass.
   种植广泛的旧世界干草和牧草。
10. Forests have given place to tillage and pasture.
    原先的森林已被耕地和牧场所取代。
11. Farmers traditionally used long-term rotations of hay, pasture, and corn.
    农民以往长期实行干草、牧草和玉米轮作。
12. The grazing avoidance of74 species of plants in sand pasture in steppe was studied.
    以浑善达克沙地草地为研究对象，研究了74种草地植物的避牧性。
13. China monsoon climate zones vast rain thermal year to crops, trees, pasture growth and maturity benefit;
    我国季风气候区广大，雨热同期对农作物、树木、牧草的生长和成熟有利；
14. I saw many horses grazing on the pasture.
    我看见许多马在草地上吃草。
15. Pasture is the most important single crop in British agriculture.
    在英国农业中，牧草是最重要的一种作物。
16. Sheep are grazing in the pasture.
    羊群在牧场上吃草。
17. The photo-physiological characteristics of Achnatherum splendens both in the enclosure and the grazing pasture were monitored in Anxi.
    对安西温性荒漠化草原退牧还草围栏建设工程区芨芨草光合生理生态特征进行了监测分析。
18. These calves would still be with their mothers on pasture if they were not in the rodeo.
    如果不是被带到牛仔竞技秀中来，这些小牛犊本应该还和它们的妈妈一起在牧场里漫步。
19. U.S. demand for beef has fostered considerable conversion of forest to pasture.
    美国对牛肉的需求大大加快了森林向牧场的转化。
20. It is widely cultivated as a pasture and hay crop.
    它作为牧草和干草而被广泛种植。
21. Feed as in a meadow or pasture.
    在草地或牧场上吃东西。
22. Feed as in a meadow or pasture. The rain spoiled the hay crop.
    在草地或牧场上吃东西。这场雨使牧草遭殃了。
23. European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass.
    欧洲多年生草，广泛栽培用作牧草、干草和草坪草。
24. A flock of sheep ranged over the mountain slope in search of pasture.
    一群羊走遍了山坡找寻牧草。
25. We have put our cattle out to pasture.
    我们已经把牛放到牧场上吃草去了。
26. I saw some cows and ship grazing in the verdant pasture.
    我看到一些牛羊在青翠的牧场上吃草。
27. On the cultivated land were wheat, corn and pasture up to the waist of man.
    已开垦的土地上，生长着小麦、玉米和半人高的牧草。
28. Analysis on Climate Resource Utilization and Pasture's Productivity in Maqu Grassland
    玛曲草原气候资源利用与牧草生产力的研究
29. There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture.
    我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
30. We suggest that establishing pastures using high P seed would improve both early and late season pasture production.
    我们认为，使用高P种子定苗的牧场将提高早季和晚季牧草的产量。

  pasture grassland lawn meadow【导航词义：草场】

  pasture n. 牧场

〔辨析〕指供放牧用的草场。

  grassland n. 草原

〔辨析〕指长满野草的大片开阔土地。

  lawn n. 草地，草坪

〔辨析〕指公园或花园里的草坪。

  meadow n. 草地

〔辨析〕指野外有花草的地方。

  browse graze pasture【导航词义：吃草】

  browse v. 吃（草）

〔辨析〕指牛、羊、鹿等吃草或高处的植物绿叶。

  graze v. 放牧；（牛、羊等）吃青草

〔辨析〕既可指使牲畜啃食牧草，也可指动物吃草。

  pasture v. 放牧；（牛、马等）吃（草）

〔辨析〕主要指放牧牛、马等家畜，也可指牛、羊等吃草。

noun

1. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

   Synonym:    eatageforagepasturagegrass

2. a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

   Synonym:    pasturelandgrazing landlealey

verb

1. feed as in a meadow or pasture
   1. the herd was grazing

   Synonym:    cropbrowsegrazerange

2. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

   Synonym:    cropgraze