arable

arable — adjective

1. describing land that farmers can plow and plant for crop production.

1.形容詞C2
釋義

describing land that farmers can plow and plant for crop production.

例句

The valley has wide arable land where local families grow rice.

collocation: arable land

After the flood, only half the village fields were still arable.

predicative use after be

同義詞
  • cultivable

    very close in meaning, but more formal and often used in technical writing.

  • fertile

    focuses on rich soil that helps plants grow well, not simply on whether land is used for crops.

  • agricultural

    broader; relates to farming in general, not specifically to land fit for crops.

反義詞
  • barren

    describes land where little or nothing grows.

  • rocky

    often describes ground that is too hard or stony for easy crop growing.

  • uncultivable

    formal opposite for land that cannot be farmed successfully.

文法句型

arable land

arable fields

be arable

用法筆記

Usually appears with land, field, or farming. In geography and farming contexts, it contrasts with ground used mainly for animals, forest, buildings, or rocky areas where crops cannot be planted well.

常見錯誤

❌The goats grazed on arable land all year.
✅The goats grazed on pasture all year.
💡arable land is land for growing crops, not land mainly used for animal grazing.
❌This plant grows in arable.
✅This plant grows on arable land.
💡arable is usually an adjective before a noun, not a noun by itself in ordinary use.