n.[C]

1. 农场；饲养场；畜牧场
   He works on a farm.

   他在一个农场工作。

2. 农庄住宅；农家

vt.

1. 耕作
   He farms 500 acres.

   他耕种五百英亩地。

2. 种植；养殖
   It is profitable to farm shellfish.

   养殖贝类有利可图。

3. 佃出（土地）[（+out）]

vi.

1. 种田，务农；经营农场；从事畜牧业
   My parents used to farm for a living.

   我父母亲过去以务农为生。

n.

▸an establishment for breeding, growing, or producing something:

a fish farm

a wind farm.

v.

1. make one's living as a farmer.
   ▸use (land) for growing crops and rearing animals.
   ▸breed or grow (a type of livestock or crop) commercially.
2. (farm someone/thing out) send out or subcontract work to others.
   ▸arrange for a child to be looked after by someone.
3. historical allow someone to collect and keep the revenues from (a tax) on payment of a fee.