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plantation

美音:[´plæn´teıʃən ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.耕地,种植园,大农场,森林,人造林,殖民

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plantation为短语/超纲词汇

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plant=to plant(种植),plant(植物)

plantation


/plæn'teɪʃn, also, in ɑritish use, 英式英语亦读作 plɑ:n-; plæn`teʃən/
n
1 large piece of land, esp in a tropical country, where tea, cotton, sugar, tobacco, etc are grown (茶、棉、甘蔗、烟草等的)大种植园, 大农场(尤指热带国家的)
*[attrib 作定语] a plantation manager种植园经管者.
2 (a) area of land planted with trees 造林地
*plantations of fir and pine 枞树及松树林地.
(b) group of trees or plants planted together 人工林; 人工植物带.

plantation


n[C]
a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown
 a rubber plantation
a large group of trees grown to produce wood
1. He had been bought off that ship by one John Waller, who had a plantation in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    他被一个名叫约翰·沃勒的人从船上买了下来。约翰·沃勒在弗吉尼亚的斯波特锡尔维尼亚县有一个种植园。

2. Mrs.Baroda was a little annoyed to learn that her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, up to spend a week or two on the plantation.
    得知丈夫请了他的朋友古韦内尔来种植园小住一两周,巴罗达太太有点不快。

3. On that plantation the African married Belle, the house cook, another slave.
    在那个种植园,“老非洲”娶了一个名叫贝尔的奴隶,她是这个家的厨娘。

4. On the outer edges of the plantation was a small river and when they were out there, it was pointed to her as Kamby-Bolongo, and Kizzy knew that this meant river.
    在种植园的边上外面有一条小河,当他们走到那儿时,他会给她指着说Kamby-Bolongo,吉西就会知道这个词的意思是河。

5. It was a hideous act, but it helped the African to stay put on one plantation, since no calculating planter would care to part with a crippled slave for the current price of one dollar.
    这是一种惨不忍睹的暴行,但却使他在一家种植园呆了下来。因为没有一个精于算计的种植园主,会愿意为了一个美元而卖掉一个瘸腿的奴隶。

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