arable
英 ['ærəb(ə)l]
美 ['ærəbl]
- adj. 适于耕种的；可开垦的
- n. 耕地
- n. (Arable)人名；(英)阿拉布尔
助记提示
1. ear ([英国方言]耕，耕种) => arable.
2. ear ([英国方言]耕，耕种) => ar- "plow".
3. ear ([英国方言]耕，耕种) => earable (archaic of arable).
中文词源
arable 可耕的来自PIE *are, 耕作。
英文词源
- arable (adj.)
- early 15c., "suitable for plowing" (as opposed to pasture- or wood-land), from Old French arable (12c.), from Latin arabilis, from arare "to plow," from PIE *are- "to plow" (cognates: Greek aroun, Old Church Slavonic orja, Lithuanian ariu "to plow;" Gothic arjan, Old English erian, Middle Irish airim, Welsh arddu "to plow;" Old Norse arþr "a plow"). By late 18c. it replaced native erable, from Old English erian "to plow," from the same PIE source.
双语例句
- 1. He had nearly a thousand acres of grazing and arable land.
- 他有将近1,000公顷的草场和耕地。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The soil proved too infertile to sustain real pasture or arable crops.
- 这土壤被证明太贫瘠,不能真正用作放牧或种植作物.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. -- There is also potential for exploiting untouched arable land resources.
- -- 开发后备耕地资源有潜力.
来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
- 4. The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.
- 那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
来自辞典例句
- 5. In this area arable farming is a hazardous practice.
- 在这个地区,可耕种的作物完全是碰运气的.
来自辞典例句