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crofts
小农场；小田地
crofts is the plural of croft.
核心释义
a small farm worked by a crofter
- 1.
围起来的小块耕地,通常用于小规模粮食生产,旁有住宅；尤指苏格兰租给农工的小块土地,并附有与其他农工共享牧场的权利。
An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.
围起来的小块耕地,通常用于小规模粮食生产,旁有住宅；尤指苏格兰租给农工的小块土地,并附有与其他农工共享牧场的权利。；小田地；小农场
用法In use
My family used to work a small croft by the sea.
用法提示：此处 croft 为名词，指小农场，作 work 的宾语。
They keep a few sheep on their croft and sell the wool at the local market.
用法提示：此处 croft 为名词，指小农场，作介词 on 的宾语。
Many families here live on small crofts, growing oats and potatoes.
用法提示：此处 crofts 是 croft 的复数形式，指多处小农场。
live on a croft
croft 是可数名词，复数形式为 crofts。
They live on a small croft in the countryside.
他们住在乡下一个小农场里。
work a croft
表示耕种或经营小农场时，常用动词 work 搭配。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a small croft
- 一块小农田
- He inherited a small croft from his uncle.他从叔叔那里继承了一块小农田。
- work the croft
- 耕种小农场
- She works the croft with her father every summer.她每年夏天都和父亲一起耕种这个小农场。
- croft house
- 小农场的农舍
- The old croft house had no running water.那座老农舍没有自来水。
- croft land
- 小农场土地
- Croft land is often rented from a large estate.小农场的土地通常是从大庄园租来的。
- rent a croft
- 租一个小农场
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
croft 像 crop + plot，一小块种庄稼的地，就是小农园。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：苏格兰及英格兰北部的土地制度、历史与农业文献、地契或法律文件 croft 在当代英语中不算常用词，多用于苏格兰或英格兰北部的历史、土地制度或农业文献中，指可耕地或小农场；日常口语中较少出现。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
在英式发音中，croft读/krɒft/，与loft、soft、aloft、waft都押韵（/ɒft/）。注意cost虽含相同的元音/ɒ/，但以/st/结尾；craft拼写相似，但元音为/ɑː/，二者都不与croft押韵。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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