Word · Frequency #5749
Fully loadedpasture
牧场，草地
a field covered with grass or herbage, suitable for grazing animals
- 1.
Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
用于放牧牲畜的土地,尤其是开阔的田地
- 2.
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
覆盖草或牧草,适合牲畜放牧的田地
- 3.
Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
覆盖草或牧草的土地,适合放牧牲畜
- 4.
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
供马或牛啃食或放牧的草或干草等粗饲料
用于放牧牲畜的土地,尤其是开阔的田地；覆盖草或牧草,适合牲畜放牧的田地；覆盖草或牧草的土地,适合放牧牲畜；供马或牛啃食或放牧的草或干草等粗饲料；牧场
In use
The cattle were moved to a fresh pasture after the old one was overgrazed.
The shepherd pastures his flock on the mountain slopes during the summer.
The horses pastured in the field all day, eating the rich grass.
in/on the pasture
常用介词 in 或 on 表示地点。
Cows are grazing in the pasture.
牛在牧场里吃草。
pasture something
及物动词，后接放牧的动物。
They pasture their sheep on the hillside.
他们在山坡上放羊。
pasture on something
不及物动词，常用介词 on 引出食物来源。
Connections
Collocations
- green pasture
- 绿色的牧场
- The sheep were grazing in the green pasture.羊群在绿色的牧场上吃草。
- pasture land
- 牧场用地
- These rolling hills are excellent pasture land.这些起伏的山丘是极好的牧场用地。
- cattle pasture
- 牛牧场
- They rotated the cattle pasture every two weeks.他们每两周轮换一次牛牧场。
- pasture cattle
- 放牧牛群
- The farmer pastures his cattle on the hillside.农夫在山坡上放牧他的牛群。
Idioms & figurative uses
- put out to pasture
- 使退休，让…闲置After 30 years at the company, he was put out to pasture.在公司干了30年后，他被迫退休了。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一片牧场(pasture)，牛羊在草地上吃草，仿佛回到past（过去）的宁静时光。
Context & Register
用于农业和畜牧业场景：作为名词指牧场、草地；作为动词指放牧或吃草。语气中性，常见于描述乡村或农场环境。
Grammar Note
名词可数，动词可及物或不及物
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the -ture suffix pronounced /tʃɚ/ (American /tʃɝ/). Only capture has the same stressed vowel /æ/ as pasture, making it a near rhyme. Other words have different vowels: nature /eɪ/, future /uː/, lecture /ɛ/, structure and puncture /ʌ/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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