a/the fallow
名词用法:休耕地。可数名词,可以说 a fallow 或 the fallow,复数形式为 fallows。
A fallow can be used for grazing after the harvest.
收割后,休耕地可用来放牧。
休耕地
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
休耕地
cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
A fallow can be used for grazing after the harvest.
收割后,休耕地可用来放牧。
犁过并耙过但一年未播种的土地。
Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
未开垦的土地。
Uncultivated land.
一季不播种的耕作。
The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
The farmer let the field lie fallow this year to restore its nutrients.
今年农夫让这块地休耕,以恢复养分。
After the harvest, they kept the land fallow for a season.
收割后,他们让土地休耕了一个季节。
Fallow fields are important for preventing soil erosion.
休耕的田地对于防止土壤侵蚀很重要。
名词用法:休耕地。可数名词,可以说 a fallow 或 the fallow,复数形式为 fallows。
A fallow can be used for grazing after the harvest.
收割后,休耕地可用来放牧。
形容词用法:休耕的。leave sth fallow 是“动词+宾语+形容词”结构,sth 放在 leave 和 fallow 之间。
The farmer left the land fallow for a season.
农夫让土地休耕了一季。
形容词用法(引申义):未开发的、暂时闲置的。lie fallow 常用于 idea、talent 等抽象名词作主语。
The idea lay fallow until new technology made it feasible.
这个想法一直搁置着,直到新技术使它可行。
Not this
Please fallow me.
Use this
Please follow me.
fallow 意为“休耕的/休耕地”,不是动词“跟随”;follow 才是“跟随”。拼写相近但词性、意思不同。
Not this
He is a nice fallow.
Use this
He is a nice fellow.
fallow 没有“人、同伴”的意思,fellow 才是“家伙/同伴”。不要因拼写相似而误用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
休耕地;闲置土地
Some farmers leave fallow land for a year to restore its nutrients.
一些农民让休耕地闲置一年,以恢复土壤养分。
休耕期
A long fallow period helps the soil recover naturally.
较长的休耕期有助于土壤自然恢复。
(土地)休耕;闲置
The fields lie fallow during the winter months.
冬季里,这些田地处于休耕状态。
使(土地)休耕
Many farmers leave a field fallow every few years.
许多农民每隔几年就让一块地休耕。
(土地)休耕;闲置
The field lay fallow for a whole season.
这块地整整一个季节都休耕了。
使休耕;使暂时闲置
Farmers sometimes leave the land fallow to restore its nutrients.
农民有时让土地休耕以恢复养分。
(创造力或活动的)低谷期,沉寂期
After the hit album, the songwriter went through a fallow period.
在那张热门专辑之后,这位词曲作者经历了一段沉寂期。
Use fallow naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想:把 fallow 拆成 fall 和 low——庄稼倒了、长得低,地就休耕了。
语域:mixed 常见场景:农业/土地管理、书面比喻(如事业发展) “fallow” 在农业语境中属普通用词,指休耕;用于比喻义时多出现在书面语,偏正式。日常口语中不太常说,通常可用 unused、inactive 等替代。
真正押韵的有 shallow、hallow、callow:它们重读音节中的 /æ/ 和后面的 /ləu/ 与 fallow 的 /ˈfæləu/ 完全一致。注意拼写相似的 swallow、wallow、follow 在英式发音中读 /ˈswɒləu/、/ˈwɒləu/、/ˈfɒləu/,重读元音不同,并不与 fallow 押韵。
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