lawn, meadow, pasture

名詞 pasture:

1. a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
   同義詞：pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley
2. animal food for browsing or grazing
   同義詞：eatage, forage, pasturage, grass

動(dòng)詞 pasture:

1. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
   同義詞：crop, graze
2. feed as in a meadow or pasture
   同義詞：crop, browse, graze, range

1. Grazing land; pasture.
   放牧的土地; 牧場(chǎng)
2. Nitrate of soda may be sown on pasture that does not eat off.
   可以把硝酸鈉撒在牧草還沒(méi)有吃光的草地上。
3. He's pasturing his cattle on the top meadow.
   他正在高處的草地上放牛。
4. We have put our cattle out to pasture.
   我們已經(jīng)把牛放到牧場(chǎng)上吃草去了。

pas.ture

n.（名詞）

Grass or other vegetation eaten as food by grazing animals.
牧草：草食動(dòng)物作為食物吃的草或其它植物
Ground on which such vegetation grows, especially that which is set aside for use by domestic grazing animals.
牧場(chǎng)：這種植物生長(zhǎng)的場(chǎng)地，尤指開(kāi)辟出來(lái)喂養(yǎng)草食家畜的場(chǎng)地
The feeding or grazing of animals.
放牧：動(dòng)物的喂養(yǎng)或牧放
v.（動(dòng)詞）
pas.tured,pas.tur.ing,pas.tures
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To herd (animals) into a pasture to graze.
放牧：把（牲畜）趕到牧場(chǎng)吃草
To provide (animals) with pasturage. Used of land.
提供牧草：為（牲畜）提供牧草。用于指土地

To graze on (land or vegetation).
（牛、羊）吃青草：使在牧場(chǎng)上吃草
To use (land) as pasture.
把（土地）用作牧場(chǎng)
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To graze in a pasture.
放牧：在牧場(chǎng)上放牧

<習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)>put out to pasture
To herd (grazing animals) into pasturable land.
放牧：把（草食動(dòng)物）趕到作牧場(chǎng)的土地上去放牧
Informal To retire or compel to retire from work or a full workload.
【非正式用語(yǔ)】 退休，離休：從工作或滿工作量中退下或迫使退下
來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Late Latin p3stôra
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) p3stôra
from Latin p3stus [past participle of] p3scere [to feed] * see p3-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) p3stus [] p3scere的過(guò)去分詞 [喂養(yǎng)] *參見(jiàn) p3-

【引伸】
pas.turable
adj.（形容詞）
pas.turer
n.（名詞）