ranch
n
(a) large farm, esp in the US or Canada, where cattle are bred; similar farm producing crops, fruit, chickens, etc 大牧牛场(尤指美国或加拿大的); 农场、 果园、 养鸡场等
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a ranch house 大农场主的住宅.
(b) farm where certain other animals are bred 牧场; 饲养场
a mink ranch 水貂饲养场.
They killed the bison, cut off the skins and left the bodies behind to rot.
他们把野牛杀死剥皮,尸体就任其腐烂。
As a result of these wars and diseases, the Maori population fell from 100,000 to 42,000.
由于这些战争与疾病,毛利人的人口从100,000人下降到4,200人。
If an unfair law existed, - and there were many that had been passed by the British rulers in India and South Africa - it was the duty of everyone to disobey this law, but without using violence.