farming
farming — noun
1. the job or activity of producing food, milk, wool, or other products by keeping
the job or activity of producing food, milk, wool, or other products by keeping animals or growing plants on a piece of land called a farm.
Sumin's family has been doing organic farming in the hills for over thirty years.
collocation: organic farming
Charlotte left her city job to start small-scale farming in the countryside.
compound adjective + noun: small-scale farming
Farming methods have changed a lot with better machines and new kinds of seeds.
The drought last year made farming almost impossible for the village of San Marcos.
Maeve grew up on a dairy farm and learned the skills of modern farming.
- agriculture
more formal and academic; covers the science and economics of food production
- cultivation
focuses specifically on preparing land and growing plants; does not usually include animal raising
- husbandry
refers mainly to raising animals (livestock); less common in everyday speech
- ranching
a specific type of farming focused on cattle or other livestock over large areas of land, especially in North America
文法句型
adjective + farming (e.g. organic farming)
farming + noun (e.g. farming methods)
用法筆記
Used as an uncountable noun. Frequently appears with a preceding adjective that describes the method (organic, intensive, dairy, mixed) or the scale (small-scale, large-scale).